THE Minister of Human Settlements, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has announced that a total budget of R220 million has been allocated to the provincial Human Settlements Development Grant (HSDG) business plans in the Eastern Cape, Free State, and KwaZulu-Natal for the current financial year.
This funding will be used to implement 27 projects across these provinces to remove asbestos roofs.
Kubayi was tabling the department’s R35 billion budget vote for the financial year 2023/24 in parliament on Wednesday.
A total of R19,2 billion will be allocated to provincial grants, R12.5 billion for municipal grants, R520 million for emergency housing response and R1.7 billion will be transferred to Human Settlements entities.
She said asbestos is a hazardous material that poses a significant health risk to people, and it is a legacy of the apartheid era that still affects poor households.
Kubayi said that the eradication of asbestos should be a priority. In the past
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