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Media Advisory: The Mpumalanga Provincial Office is to hold a stakeholder engagement on the challenges regarding the implementation of the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) in Ehlanzeni District.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
01 December 2023
Over the years, the South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) in Mpumalanga has received and investigated complaints relating to RDP houses. In the various complaints received, the complainants raised a number of issues including but not limited to the backlog of the RDP program, with some complainants alleging that they have been on the waiting list for a number of years; the wrongful allocation of houses coupled allegation of corruption and poor workmanship on the completed RDP houses.
01 December 2023
Over the years, the South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) in Mpumalanga has received and investigated complaints relating to RDP houses. In the various complaints received, the complainants raised a number of issues including but not limited to the backlog of the RDP program, with some complainants alleging that they have been on the waiting list for a number of years; the wrongful allocation of houses coupled allegation of corruption and poor workmanship on the completed RDP houses.
The Commission will conduct a stakeholder engagement on the subject matter whereby various stakeholders have been invited to participate in the discussion. The engagement will probe into the challenges around the implementation of the RDP program specifically in the Ehlanzeni District and explore solutions to the challenges.
The Engagement Details are as follows:
Date: 04 December 2023.
Time: 10:00 am.
Venue: The Capital Hotel (Mbombela).
For queries, please contact Eric Mokonyama (Provincial Manager) or Emmanuel Nkonde (Senior Legal Officer) at the Mpumalanga Provincial Office of the South African Human Rights Commission at 013 752 8292 / 060 832 1173 or on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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