Media Release Thursday June 20 2002


To: News Editors/PR Wires


From: City Of Johannesburg


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                  COUNCIL TO IMPROVE SERVICES IN DOORNKOP


The City of Johannesburg Council yesterday agreed to apply for funding of
stands in the Doornkop (Greenvillage) Housing Project in terms of the
Consolidated Municipal Infrastructure Programme for the installation of
bulk and link services to the project.


The Doornkop housing project, which is situated within Region 6, consists
of 942 stands. The project has been approved by the Provincial Housing
Department to be part of a right-sizing programme. Since the bulk and links
services cannot be funded from the subsidy amount, Council had to make the
necessary budgetary allocation or apply in terms of the CMIP programme for
funding.


According to the developer, extensive communication has been carried out
with the elected representatives and members of the community. Through this
process, the right-sizing programme has extensively been explained and
support obtained.


There is a great need to right-size beneficiaries in the Greater Soweto
area and it is very important that the project is not delayed.


Council said that the reason it is applying for this funding is to assist
the communities who received partially services stands, upgrading existing
stands and provide adequate municipal services.


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Nthatisi Modingoane
Media Liaison Officer
CITY OF JOHANNESBURG
Tel: (011) 407 7354
Fax: 403 3494
Cell: 082 378 6977
E-mail: nthatisem@joburg.org.za

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