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Housing
T
he City of Cape Town’s Ex-
ecutive Mayor, Patricia de Lille
participated in a sod-turning
event for the R40 million Dido Valley
housing project in Simon’s Town,
which will provide homes to 600
families. Dido Valley aims to serve as
a beacon of the reconciliation process
to return beneficiaries to land they
were forcibly removed from in 1965.
Approximately 500 beneficiaries are
fromRed Hill Estate in Simon’s Town.
They have been living in informal
conditions since 1974. A further 100
families moved to Gugulethu.
The city will spend R40 million on
this development, which is situated
on a hill with views of the ocean. De
Lille and the City’s Mayoral Commit-
tee Member for Human Settlements,
Benedicta van Minnen, thanked the
Red Hill Development Forum for their
perseverance and for never giving up
hope for a better life for their families
and fellow community members.
Luyanda Lombo has served on the
development forum for 15 years.
The project includes a clinic, parks,
a crèche, business site on prime prop-
erty overlooking hills, mountain and
the coastline and all within easy reach
of public transport. De Lille says, “We
don’t just build houses. We want to
build homes and communities.”
As part of the contract the city will
spend R2,3 million to create job op-
portunities in the Expanded Public
Works Programme.
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R40 million Dido Valley project