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“To be the leading, people centered municipality excelling in economic growth, development <strong>and</strong> governance”Settlement Households L<strong>and</strong>OwnershipExt 4 (knownasRoolkoppen)SakhileExt. 5 (TLC)St<strong>and</strong>ertonExt 6Azalea Ext 1(H-Camp &MahalaPark)SakhileExt 4179 Municipall<strong>and</strong>1800 Municipall<strong>and</strong>454 Municipall<strong>and</strong>282 Municipall<strong>and</strong>H-camp 189 Municipall<strong>and</strong>Servicesl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> 75%roadsSewer, water,roads, toilet,<strong>and</strong> electricitySewer, water,roads, toilet<strong>and</strong> electricityWaterSewer, water,<strong>and</strong> 30%roadsSewer, water,<strong>and</strong> roadsGeotechdoneNotdoneNotdoneNotdoneNotdoneNotdoneEnvironmentalImpactassessmentNot doneNot doneNot doneNot doneNot doneTownshipEstablishmentDoneDoneDoneDoneDoneHowever there is a budget of R38, 000,000 from the department of local government <strong>and</strong> housing for 270household units for the financial year 2008/2009. It is evident that more funds must be sourced towards theeradication of informal settlement in <strong>Lekwa</strong> <strong>Municipality</strong>.d) Rural HouseholdsThe rural housing programme seeks to tackle the shelter needs of rural dwellers. This programme also enablesfemale beneficiaries to access housing on their own rights. The IDP has identified 2 840 inadequate householdsfrom traditional housing.e) Farming worker housingLast year the Mpumalanga Department of Housing had planned to build 444 units under the farm workerhousing programme. It had not, however, anticipated the number of challenges that would be encountered.Farm worker housing development has proven to be a lengthy process largely regarding l<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong>environmental impact assessment issues.<strong>Lekwa</strong> <strong>Municipality</strong> has a target objective of 44 farming worker housing. The Department of <strong>Local</strong> Government<strong>and</strong> Housing has allocated R1, 425,630 which will address the 44 farming workers housing in the 2008/2009financial year.According to the Informal Settlement Report dated 29 October 2009 the status of the informal settlements inSt<strong>and</strong>erton are outlined in the table below. This differs from the figures in the LLM Housing Chapter. Thefigures below have however been verified on recent aerial photographs <strong>and</strong> appear more accurate than theHousing Chapter.TABLE 25:KEYINFORMAL SETTLEMENTNR OFHOUSEHOLDSWARDLEVEL OFSERVICES76 | P a g e - D r a f t i n t e g r a t e d D e v e l o p m e n t P l a n 2 0 1 3 / 2 0 1 4

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