05-05-2025
Joburg Human Settlements Dept estimates it needs R10bn to fix city's 13 hostels
JOHANNESBURG - The Johannesburg Department of Human Settlements estimates that it needs R10 billion to fix the 13 hostels in the city.
MMC for the department, Mlungisi Mabaso, said that the Madala hostel in Alexandra was the oldest one.
Aging infrastructure seems to have contributed to the decay of the building, while the sewerage system has led to flooding in the courtyard.
Reports show that Madala hostel was meant to undergo repairs during the 2001 to 2008 period as part of the Alex renewal programme.
But this did not happen.
A resident at the hostel, Nduduzo Ngubane, said the city officials claimed they did not know the extent of the problems at the hostel.
"We have now met with the city officials. We took them to view the problems that we have, and they said they will now attend to these because previously they did not know."
