6 Alexandra Renewal Project - 'I am still on waiting list'

Loading player...
The Alexandra Renewal Project has been a political hot potato for years and has been used by opposition parties as an example of the ANC’s service delivery failures.

The multi-billion-rand Presidential Urban Renewal Project was expected to deliver some one million houses to residents, but so far, the promises made by the government’s failed to materialise.

In the meantime, the township continues to face a housing crisis.

One of the residents and former Housing Department employee, Thabo Mopasi, said he, too, is still on the waiting list for an RDP house.

During the 2019 general elections campaign, President Cyril Ramaphosa told Alexandra residents that the government would build one million houses in the next five years.

However, this has not materialised as many Alex residents still await their promised houses.

Mopasi was one of the residents listening to President Ramaphosa at the Alexandra stadium in 2019 when he made housing promises, he said the community has lost confidence in the ANC government.
17 May 2024 2PM English South Africa News · Daily News

Other recent episodes

City Power CEO switches off the lights in her office after 10 years

Johannesburg City Power CEO, Tshifularo Mashava has tendered her resignation on Wednesday to the chairperson of the board. The board is expected to sit down and discuss the succession for the CEO position. Mashava confirmed in her resignation letter that its time for her to search for a new source…
19 Feb 5AM 2 min

Rand Water says they 'learned that we need to collaborate with municipalities'

Rand Water already pumping 'more than licence allows’ amid supply crisis Rand Water spokesperson Makenosi Maroo spoke with Jacaranda FM Newswatch's Emile Pienaar. This comes as large areas of Johannesburg are still without water, and parts of Tshwane are also struggling with erratic supply. Maroo said Rand Water is currently…
11 Feb 6AM 12 min

Greenland residents 'scared' of Trump annexation threats

United States President Donald Trump has repeatedly said America “has to have” Greenland for the country's national security. This has been met with fear, confusion and anger from the Greenlandic people. Emile Pienaar spoke with Lena Kleist Timmermann, a nurse with a Master's in Clinical Nursing who currently lives in…
10 Feb 5AM 13 min