THE national housing department has commissioned the National Home Builders‘ Registration Council (NHBRC) to conduct a forensic audit on selected state-funded housing projects, starting in Transkei, to determine the extent of sub-standard housing in the Eastern Cape.
The move was prompted by housing delivery woes in the province, which was allocated R1,05-billion this financial year by the national government for housing delivery.
Contractors who have done shoddy work, and those who have abandoned construction sites after having been paid, will be tracked down and made to repay the money, be suspended or deregistered...(Read More...)
The Herald Eastern Cape - Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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