The City of Cape Town’s R22 million Garden City informal settlement upgrade project in Mfuleni is progressing well. The project will improve the living conditions of hundreds of residents and also enable greater economic activity in the area, boosting livelihoods.
City teams visited its Garden City project in Mfuleni today, 1 October 2021, to check on its progress. The project comprises 467 individual serviced sites for qualifying beneficiaries from the Garden City informal settlement and surrounding community. The civil engineering infrastructure was completed in the last financial year and the City is currently finishing the installation of the individual toilets on each serviced plot. This is expected to be completed by the end of November 2021.
Beneficiaries will have access to individual water and sanitation services. The City has also installed formal stormwater infrastructure, paved access roads and pathways to enhance safety and access for basic and emergency services.
‘This Upgrade of Informal Settlements Project (UISP), and the many others like it, is in line with the City’s commitment of bringing greater formality to informal settlements where it is possible to do so; to mainstream basic services provision and to improve the lives of our most vulnerable residents amid rapid urbanisation and growing informality. These upgrade projects are key in addressing the need for affordable accommodation and of enhancing the safety of our residents who live in informal conditions.
‘Thank you to the project team, which is ensuring its successful completion and the community, which is supporting it. Unlawful occupation, however, is a huge risk for this project, as with others across the metro. We will continue to act to protect our projects and our beneficiaries,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements, Councillor Malusi Booi.