President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for better maintenance of government subsidised housing projects to ensure they do not fall into disrepair soon after handed over to recipients. Ramaphosa, Premier Thami Ntuli and Human Settlement Minister Thembi Simelane visited the Cornubia housing project near Phoenix. north of Durban, for the 2022 flood victims. 2022 KZN FLOODS | President Cyril Ramaphosa says government spends about R200 000 per house and has provided more than 4 million homes to South Africans since 1994. https://t.co/zUvAzZNsBK — SABC News (@SABCNews) October 29, 2026 More than 140 families that were displaced have now moved into the houses. During his engagement with beneficiaries, Ramaphosa appealed to them to take care of their new homes and not sell them. “Are we going to set up a facility management entity to look after this place because that’s where we usually go wrong? Because we put them up and then a month later this thing falls down, they have no way of repairing it and it’s gone.” “So there needs to be some facility management, not so much to be reliant on a corporate body because they also can’t manage. We need a facility management entity and pay a fee to look after it. And then we encourage black businesses to get into that space,” says Ramaphosa. VIDEO |President Ramaphosa in KZN to inspect flood victims’ accommodation – Reporting by Zanele Buthelezi

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