BY TDN
For the first time in his life the 66-year-old Maleho Majoe became the owner of his own home. The gesture was made by the North West MEC for Human Settlements Public Safety and Liaison Nono Maloyi when he handed over more than one thousand title deeds to the residents of Ikageng location extension 11 and 7 in Potchefstroom.
Jubilation was written all over Majoe’s face who could not explain the joy brought to him by government.
“I am happy now that government has made it possible that I own and have property of my own. Firstly they build a house for me, when I had nowhere to stay. They created a home for my six children and my sick wife. What else could I ask for,” said Majoe.
Majoe is amongst the one thousand beneficiaries that received title deeds which guaranteed those families ownership of their houses in Ikageleng.
Handing over the title deeds to beneficiaries MEC Maloyi, called on the residents of Ikageng to make sure that they take care of their houses and further make them homes.
Maloyi said that having a title deed will make them owners of their own properties.
“It is government’s responsibility to make sure that you have a shelter, as guided by the constitution. We will continue as government to make sure that all the residents become owners of their own properties”, said Maloyi.
He could not complete his speech before warning those who continue to rent their houses and stay in informal settlements in the area. He said that their gesture defeats government’s initiative of eradicating informal settlements and reduction of the housing backlog.
Earlier in the day MEC Maloyi handed over 50 houses in Ikageng extension 11. He called on beneficiaries to report defects if they find any on their newly build houses.
Maloyi called on contractors to enrol their houses with the National Home Builders Registration Council, to make sure that there is quality in the houses that they are building.-TDN
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