Tshwane Housing MMC intervenes as R60m debt leaves hundreds homeless

Rapula Moatshe

The City of Tshwane’s MMC for Housing and Human Settlements, Aaron Maluleka, has addressed the ongoing tension between tenants at Thembelihle Village, a low-cost housing complex in the CBD, and their landlord, following the forced eviction of numerous tenants from the property earlier this week. Maluleka said longstanding disputes over rent, soaring electricity costs, and frequent service disruptions were among the underlying causes of the deepening rift between tenants and Yeast City Housing, the landlord. Thembelihle is the first social housing project in the municipality, which was launched by the government in 2018 to accommodate people who fall within income brackets of between R11 301 and R22 000 per month. Maluleka shed light on how, over the years, the low-cost housing project has been plagued by persistent problems stemming from…

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Star South Africa (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2025-03-14

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