Premier launches township regeneration programmePremier Mbhazima Shilowa launches the 20 Prioritised Township Programme on Wednesday 13 September 2006 at Mehlareng Stadium in Tembisa.The aim of the programme is to rehabilitate the townships and change the lives of the people of Gauteng for the better. This will be done by beautifying the townships, providing proper infrastructure that will be well operated and maintained for the sustainability of these settlements. It will also ensure that all roads in these townships are tarred by 2009 and that each has a vibrant commercial and transport hub.In his opening of legislature address earlier this year the Premier said that the 20 Priority Township Programme would do away with apartheid planning and underdevelopment and transform townships into vibrant, dynamic and sustainable communities with access to economic opportunities. "We want our townships to be places in which people take pride; where people live, not because they have no alternative, but because they choose to live there," said the Premier. As a major step towards the achievement of this vision, the Premier announced that the Gauteng Provincial Government in partnership with municipalities would, in the next three years, embark on one of the most comprehensive community development programmes that the province had ever seen. About R3-billion has been set aside to achieve this. The townships which will benefit from this Gauteng regeneration programme are: Atteridgeville, Boipatong, Bophelong, Daveyton, Kagiso, Katlehong, Kwatsaduza (Kwa-Thema, Tsakane and Duduza), Mamelodi, Mohlakeng, Munsieville, Ratanda, Refilwe, Rethabiseng, Sebokeng, Sharpeville, Soshanguve, Soweto , Tembisa and Wattville, which together represent a large proportion of Gauteng 's people. Issued by Media Services and Research Directorate. For more information contact Mongezi Mnyani on 082 602 5358 or Mandla Sidu on 083 602 6169 |
