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PROJECT UPDATES UHLAZIYO LWEPROJEKTHI Joe Slovo • At Phase 3C, 222 units have been completed; 88 were handed over in August and 134 more were recently completed. Of the total 222, 11 are disability friendly. • 318 units have been made available in TRA 6 in Delft for approved beneficiaries as temporary accommodation so that Phase 3A and 3C areas can be cleared for construction. Boystown • The overall construction of the Boystown boundary wall along the Triangle Site and Phase 1 is 95% complete. • 407 approved beneficiaries for the Phase 2 portion of development are being verified by the HDA. Emergencies: When a life or property is threatened: 107 from a (landline) OR 021 480 7700 (cell phone) Fire Department (General information): 021 590 1900 The Housing Development Agency Helpdesk: 021 481 2900 City of Cape Town matters: 0860 103 089 Eskom Customer Care: 0860 037 566 Western Cape (WC) Government (general enquiries): 0860 142 142 WC Social Development Hotline: 0800 22 0250 Department of Social Development Disability Programme: 021 483 4015 Master of the High Court (for deceased estates): 021 410 8300 Childline: 0800 55 555 or 021 762 8198 Stop Woman Abuse Hotline: 0800 150 150 Rental Housing Tribunal 0860 106 166 Waiting list database 021 444 0333 • talKinG moBility in tranSport month • Joe Slovo development underway Construction of houses at Joe Slovo is continuing full-steam ahead • the BenefitS of conSumer education Creating awareness about the low cost housing programme • Save money: Grow your own veGetaBleS Growing your own vegetables to ensure a healthy lifestyle • douBle-Storey aBt unitS for delft precinct 3 & 5 In the coming weeks 84 units will be handed over to beneficiaries • road Safety in the SpotliGht • proJect updateS • By-law BoX: traffic By-law • uSeful contact numBerS The N2 Gateway Project started in 2005 and Phase One is nearing completion. It is a project of the National Department of Human Settlements, with the Housing Development Agency (HDA) appointed as implementing agent by the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements. Phase One will deliver about 15 000 houses. The project provides houses for residents of the informal settlements and backyarders along the N2. Current projects include the following: Joe Slovo • Delft Symphony • Delft 7-9 • Boystown • Temporary Relocation Areas (TRAs) uSeful CONTACT NUMBERS octoBer 2014 • iSSue 36 N2 GATEWAY Community Newsletter IN THIS ISSUE IJoe Slovo • KwiSigaba sika3 C, Zingama- 222 izindlu ezigqityiweyo, yaye zingama- 88 izindlu zanikezelwa kubanikazi bazo. • Izindlu ezingama-318 kwenziwe ukuba mazibekhona kwindawo yeZindlu zeThutyana eDelft ukulungiselela abaXhamli-zinkonzo abavunyiweyo njengendawo yokuxhwarha okwethutyana ukuze imimmandla yeSigaba sika-3A no-3C zibe nokugecwa zicocelwe ukwakha. IBoystown • Ukwakhiwa kodonga olwenza umda lwaseBoystown nolusecaleni kwesiza esingunxantathu neSigaba soku-1, selungama- 95 eepersenti (95%) olwagqitywayo. • AbaXhamli-zinkonzo abavunyiweyo besahlulo sokwakha seSigaba sika-2 bayaqinisekiswa yi-Arhente yoKwakhiwa kweZindlu (HDA). Mpumelo Siwundla, Alfred Bonasa and Bulelwa Fiphoza each have different means of getting around. when boarding or disembarking a public transport vehicle, no-one may: • Do so until all persons desiring to disembark from such vehicle have done so • Insist on getting on a public transport vehicle where the number of passengers would be more than the total number of passengers it is allowed to carry • Do so while the vehicle is in motion while in a queue at a public transport facility: • All passengers waiting to enter a public transport vehicle at a rank or station must queue from a point at which it is indicated that the vehicle will leave • A passenger may only enter a public transport vehicle when he or she gets to the front of the queue • If no queue sign is visible then passengers waiting to enter the public transport vehicle must stand in a queue next to one another or in a single file when required by an approved public transport conductor or authorized official of the City of Cape Town BY-LAW BOX: traffic, 2011: chapter 3: passenger conduct TALKING MOBILITY in tranSport month october is transport month. One of its aims is to raise awareness about what is being done to provide a safer, more affordable, accessible and reliable transport system for South Africa. Many residents in the N2 Gateway communities rely on public transport to get to and from where they need to be. 61-year-old Mpumelo Siwundla and 27-year- old Alfred Bonasa are disabled and recently moved into their new homes in Delft Precinct 3 & 5. Despite their disabilities, the pair agrees that getting around – inside and outside of their homes – is much easier now. “I believe everything happens at the right time,” says Mpumelo. In September, he and his son moved from Joe Slovo, Zone 17 where they’d lived for 22 years. “Living in a shack with a disability was a challenge; I had to rely on others to help me do the simplest things like cooking or using the bathroom. Thanks to railings in the bathroom and a ramp that leads to my front door, I can do most things by myself.” When he needs to be out and about, Mpumelo says he uses a taxi cab service to get around. “When I lived in Langa I got to know the driver. Even though I have moved to Delft he is still willing to pick me up from here and take me where I need to be.” In August, Alfred moved from Tsunami into his house. He wears a prosthetic after one of his legs was amputated following a car accident in 2009. “Living in a house that caters for my disability really makes a difference. There is more than enough space for me to move around, and the ramp at my front door makes moving into and out of my home much easier.” Alfred says he owns a car, but is unable to drive it. “My friends are very helpful, and are happy to drive me around.” Meanwhile, able-bodied Bulelwa Fiphoza (39) says she finds public transport to and from Delft Precinct 3 & 5 easily accessible. “My six children live with me, and we regularly use public transport.” “My oldest who is 17 attends a school in Khayelitsha and catches a bus that drops him off right next to the school. My younger son’s school is in Tsunami and he travels to and from school by taxi. I spend about R200 on a monthly bus ticket for my older boy and about R4 a day on a taxi for my younger one.”
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PROJECT uPDAteS UHLAZIYO lWeProJeKtHiJoe Slovo
• AtPhase3C,222unitshavebeencompleted;88werehanded over in August and 134 more were recentlycompleted.Ofthetotal222,11aredisabilityfriendly.
• 318unitshavebeenmadeavailableinTRA6inDelftforapprovedbeneficiariesastemporaryaccommodationsothat Phase 3A and 3C areas can be cleared forconstruction.
Boystown
• TheoverallconstructionoftheBoystownboundarywallalongtheTriangleSiteandPhase1is95%complete.
• 407 approved beneficiaries for the Phase 2 portion ofdevelopmentarebeingverifiedbytheHDA.
Emergencies:Whenalifeorpropertyisthreatened: 107 from a (landline) OR 021 480 7700 (cell phone)FireDepartment(Generalinformation): 021 590 1900TheHousingDevelopmentAgencyHelpdesk: 021 481 2900CityofCapeTownmatters: 0860 103 089EskomCustomerCare: 0860 037 566WesternCape(WC)Government(generalenquiries): 0860 142 142WCSocialDevelopmentHotline: 0800 22 0250DepartmentofSocialDevelopmentDisabilityProgramme: 021 483 4015 MasteroftheHighCourt(fordeceasedestates): 021 410 8300Childline: 0800 55 555 or 021 762 8198StopWomanAbuseHotline: 0800 150 150 RentalHousingTribunal 0860 106 166Waitinglistdatabase 021 444 0333
• talKinG moBility in tranSport month
• Joe Slovo development underway Construction of houses at Joe Slovo is continuing full-steam ahead
• the BenefitS of conSumer education
Creating awareness about the low cost housing programme
• Save money: Grow your own veGetaBleS
Growing your own vegetables to ensure a healthy lifestyle
• douBle-Storey aBt unitS for delft precinct 3 & 5 In the coming weeks 84 units will be handed over to benefi ciaries
• road Safety in the SpotliGht
• proJect updateS
• By-law BoX: traffic By-law
• uSeful contact numBerS
TheN2GatewayProjectstartedin2005andPhaseOneisnearingcompletion.ItisaprojectoftheNationalDepartmentofHumanSettlements,withtheHousingDevelopmentAgency(HDA)appointedasimplementingagentbytheWesternCapeDepartmentofHumanSettlements.PhaseOnewilldeliverabout15000houses.TheprojectprovideshousesforresidentsoftheinformalsettlementsandbackyardersalongtheN2.Currentprojectsincludethefollowing:JoeSlovo•DelftSymphony•Delft7-9•Boystown•TemporaryRelocationAreas(TRAs)
uSeful contAct numberS
octoBer 2014 • iSSue 36
N2GATEWAYCommunity NewsletterN2
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IJoe Slovo
• KwiSigabasika3C,Zingama-222izindluezigqityiweyo, yayezingama-88izindluzanikezelwakubanikazibazo.
• Izindluezingama-318kwenziweukubamazibekhonakwindawoyeZindlu zeThutyana eDelft ukulungiselela abaXhamli-zinkonzoabavunyiweyonjengendawoyokuxhwarhaokwethutyanaukuzeimimmandlayeSigabasika-3Ano-3Czibenokugecwazicocelweukwakha.
IBoystown
• UkwakhiwakodongaolwenzaumdalwaseBoystownnolusecalenikwesiza esingunxantathu neSigaba soku-1, selungama- 95eepersenti(95%)olwagqitywayo.
• AbaXhamli-zinkonzoabavunyiweyobesahlulosokwakhaseSigabasika-2bayaqinisekiswayi-ArhenteyoKwakhiwakweZindlu(HDA).
Mpumelo Siwundla, Alfred Bonasa and Bulelwa Fiphoza each have different means of getting around.when boarding or disembarking a public transport vehicle, no-one may:
• Dosountilallpersonsdesiring todisembark fromsuchvehiclehavedoneso
• Insistongettingonapublictransportvehiclewherethenumber of passengers would be more than the totalnumberofpassengersitisallowedtocarry
• Dosowhilethevehicleisinmotion
while in a queue at a public transport facility:• Allpassengerswaitingtoenterapublictransportvehicle
atarankorstationmustqueuefromapointatwhichitisindicatedthatthevehiclewillleave
• A passenger may only enter a public transport vehiclewhenheorshegetstothefrontofthequeue
• If no queue sign is visible then passengers waiting toenterthepublictransportvehiclemuststandinaqueuenexttooneanotherorinasinglefilewhenrequiredbyan approved public transport conductor or authorizedofficialoftheCityofCapeTown
by-lAW boX: traffi c, 2011: chapter 3: passenger conduct
tAlKinG mobility in tranSport month
october is transport month. One of itsaims is to raise awareness about what isbeing done to provide a safer, moreaffordable,accessibleandreliabletransportsystemforSouthAfrica.
Many residents in the N2 Gatewaycommunitiesrelyonpublictransporttogettoandfromwheretheyneedtobe.
61-year-oldMpumeloSiwundlaand27-year-oldAlfredBonasaaredisabledandrecentlymovedintotheirnewhomesinDelftPrecinct3 & 5. Despite their disabilities, the pairagrees that getting around – inside andoutsideoftheirhomes–ismucheasiernow.
“I believe everything happens at the righttime,”saysMpumelo.InSeptember,heandhis son moved from Joe Slovo, Zone 17wherethey’dlivedfor22years.
“Living in a shack with a disability was achallenge;Ihadtorelyonotherstohelpmedothesimplestthingslikecookingorusingthe bathroom. Thanks to railings in thebathroomandarampthatleadstomyfrontdoor,Icandomostthingsbymyself.”
When he needs to be out and about,Mpumelosaysheusesataxicabservicetogetaround.
“When I lived in Langa I got to know thedriver.EventhoughIhavemovedtoDelfthe
isstillwillingtopickmeupfromhereandtakemewhereIneedtobe.”
InAugust,AlfredmovedfromTsunamiintohishouse.Hewearsaprostheticafteroneofhis legs was amputated following a caraccidentin2009.
“Living in a house that caters for mydisabilityreallymakesadifference.Thereismore than enough space forme tomovearound, and the ramp at my front doormakes moving into and out of my homemucheasier.”
Alfredsaysheownsacar,butisunabletodriveit.
“Myfriendsareveryhelpful,andarehappytodrivemearound.”
Meanwhile, able-bodied Bulelwa Fiphoza(39) says shefindspublic transport toandfromDelftPrecinct3&5easilyaccessible.
“My six children live with me, and weregularlyusepublictransport.”
“Myoldestwho is17attendsa school inKhayelitsha and catches a bus that dropshimoffrightnexttotheschool.Myyoungerson’sschoolisinTsunamiandhetravelstoandfromschoolbytaxi.IspendaboutR200onamonthlybus ticket formyolderboyand about R4 a day on a taxi for myyoungerone.”
Mvulanzana Potelwa
Joe Slovo development underway
road safety is not just about motorists and vehicles; it’s about everyone who uses the roads including cyclists, pedestrians and motorcyclists.
Be a responsible driver:
• Donotdrinkanddrive
• Ensureeveryoneinthecarwearsaseatbelt
• Donotuseyourcellphonewhiledriving
Streetwise pedestrians:
•Walkonthepavement;neverontheroad
•Wearreflectiveclothingatnighttobemorevisibletomotorists
•Usepedestrianbridgeswherepossible
Stick to the speed limit. do not drive more than:
•60km/honapublicroadinaresidentialarea
•100km/honpublicroadoutsideanurbanareawhichisnotafreeway
•120km/honafreeway
Safety for cyclists:
•Becautiousattrafficintersectionsandcircles
•Ride in single file, at least 1.5 metres from thepavement,andalwayswearahelmet
• Be visible and wear brightly coloured or reflectiveclothingsothatmotoristscanseeyou
Double-Storey Abt unitS for delft precinct 3 & 5
topics that are covered include:
- Housingpolicy
- Variousprogrammesofhousing
- Choicesintermsofhousingi.e.ownershipversusrental
- Roleoftheconsumerintheapplicationprocess
- Theoverallprocessforhousingapplication
Consumereducationisforpast,currentand future housing beneficiaries. It isfacilitated by the HDA, together withthe Provincial Department of HumanSettlements,theCityofCapeTownand
the National Home Builders RegulatoryCouncil(NHBRC).
Beneficiaries are usually briefed beforethey move into their new homes andreceivebrochuresorpamphletstorein-forcewhattheyhave learnt.Consumereducationalsocoversmaintenanceandgeneral hints and tips such as how tosaveonelectricityandwater.
“I underwent consumer educationshortlybeforeImovedintomyhouseinJoe Slovo Phase 3C inOctober 2012,”says47-yearoldMzwamadodMlahlwa.“I learntalotatthesessions,includingthepurpose andbenefits of living in ahomefittedwithasolargeyser.”
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construction of houses at Joe Slovo is continuing full-steam ahead with 738 units already handed over to beneficiaries.
88houseshavebeenhandedoveratPhase3C and 134more are due to be handedover.
Of utmost priority is to clear space forconstructioninPhase3C.Inorderforlandto be cleared and for development tocontinue, beneficiaries are being movedinto completed houses. Non–qualifyingindividualsorfamilieswillbeaccommodatedatTRA5and6inDelft.
Atthisstage144housesarebeingbuiltatPhase3A.
Ifallgoesaccordingtoschedule,atotalof1016 houses would have been built andhandedovertoqualifyingbeneficiariesbytheendofNovember.
SAve money: Grow your own veGetaBleS
the BenefitS of conSumer eDucAtionconsumer education is not only about homeownership and/or home maintenance.It’saboutteachingapotentialbeneficiaryaboutthelowcosthousingprogramme-fromawarenesstoownershipphase-andtherolesandresponsibilitiesthatcomewithhomeownership.
in the coming weeks 84 double storey units, built with alternative Building technologies (aBt), will be handed over to approved beneficiaries at delft precinct 3 & 5.Atotalof 1701 of these houses are planned for the project. Each unitincludesabathroom,akitchen,anopenplandownstairs loungeareaandtwoupstairsbedrooms.
the double storey homes have the same benefits as any other unit built with aBt:
- Homesarewarmerinwinterandcoolerinsummer
- Thewallsareinsulatedpanelswhichmeanreducedelectricityconsumption
- Lessdampinsidethehouse
106ABThouseshavebeenhandedoveratDelftPrecinct3&5and866moreunitsareexpectedtobecompletedbyJuly2015.
one way to save money and ensure your family eats healthily is to grow your own vegetables.
Agardenthesizeofakitchendoorcan grow enough vegetables tofeed a family of four. If you don’thaveayardorthespacetoplantagarden, you can grow your
vegetablesincontainers.
Getting started:
Tostartyou’llneedbasictoolslikeaspade,gardenfork,awateringcanorhosepipeandseeds.
Build your vegetable garden in aspotthatgetslotsofsunlight.Plant
your seeds in rows and leaveenough space between them foryourvegetablestogrow.Onceyourseeds are planted youmust waterthem well at least once a week,and up to two or three times aweekiftheweatherisveryhot.
Regularly check your plants for
insects and remove any that youfind. Another way to keep insectsat bay is to plant certain flowerssuchassunflowers,petunias,mari-golds and lavender around yourvegetablebed.
Mzwamadod Mlahlwa participated in consumer education.
