Tag: housing
Military veterans also beneficiaries of Savannah City house handover
Minister Lindiwe Sisulu currently oversees three portfolios in Cabinet but the imprint of her time in defence and military veterans is not forgotten as...
Over 500 military veterans’ houses illegally occupied
The well-being of South Africa’s military veterans is ostensibly in the hands of the Department of Defence and Military Veterans (DoDMV) which, judging by...
Housing crisis in Nigeria
Nigeria is gripped by a crisis that leaving Africa’s most populous country ill-equipped to properly house its inhabitants, said a United Nations rapporteur who...
Housing provision for military veterans still lacking
Yet another example of the glacial speed at which provision of housing for military veterans is proceeding comes from an oversight visit...
Marievale alternative housing issue drags on
The Department of Defence and the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) have until Monday to come up with "a constructive plan" as...
Sisulu still beating the drum for military veterans
Minister of Human Settlements Lindiwe Sisulu wants South Africa to allocate at least 30% of houses being built nationally to be allocated...
Pre-screening finds military veterans housing needs database compromised
Two years ago the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) set up a housing needs database which identified 21 411 potential beneficiaries, but...
South African protesters clash with police over jobs, houses
Police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets at protesters south of Johannesburg to quell the latest violence over lack of housing and...
Chinese finance to build Zambian military housing
A Chinese bank will help finance the construction of 2,000 houses for Zambian military personnel who are critically short of accommodation, president...
Reliability of military veterans’ database questioned
The reliability of the military veterans' database has been questioned by Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) particularly as...
Eviction from military housing legal, but dumping of furniture not authorised...
Evictions of people said to be illegally occupying military housing at the Army Support Base (ASB) Eastern Cape were authorised but the...
Military Veterans Department acknowledges shortcomings, points out achievements
After being rapped over the knuckles earlier this month by Parliament's Select Committee on Security and Justice, the Department of Military Veterans...
DMV called to task for not building houses for military veterans
A parliamentary committee has expressed "grave concern" over the lack of housing provided by the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) following a...
Lindiwe Sisulu is working to make military veterans’ houses reality
Proof that provision of housing for registered and verified military veterans remains a government priority comes with a weekend announcement by Human...
Houses for 1 500 military veterans will become reality this financial...
An upbeat director general Tsepe Motumi has told the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans that the Department of Military Veterans...
