Bloemhof-Ms Maria Selale of extension 5 in Boitumelong location in Bloemhof says she is the happiest person in the world to have been given a house by government.

The 67 year old Selale is one of many people who benefited from many housing projects by the Department of Human Settlements Public Safety and Liaison in the North West. Ms Selale was officially given a house by the Departmental MEC Nono Maloyi during the first leg of handing houses over to beneficiaries across the province.

Ms Selale was the first to be honored, of the more than 8000 houses that are to be official handed over to beneficiaries in the next two months. The pensioner, who survives through social grants, says the house will protect her from cold weather conditions which will ease her arthritis.

She could not hide her excitement and gratitude for the best gift ever in her life. “This will be my home and my grand children’s home. I have been living in shacks which exposed me to unbearable weather conditions. I am happy now that government has made life easy for me”, said the exuberant Selale.

Handing over houses from the first project in Boitumelong in the Lekwateemane Municipality, MEC Maloyi called on beneficiaries to take good care of those houses as they are a promise made in 1955 through the Freedom Charter and also as a constitutional obligation by government to deserving and legible beneficiaries in the country.

“It is gratifying to know that people’s lives are changing for the better on daily bases. Providing a home to deserving South Africans is a clear indication that government is prepared to better the lives of ordinary South Africans. We will continue to deliver services and not just services but quality services”, said MEC Maloyi.

The handing over programme will continue until the end of March. The MEC will among others handover low cost houses, rental stock, financially linked individual subsidy programme and Community residential units.-TDN
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