ALEX INQUIRY: ‘Missing’ Alex R1.3bn never existed, says former Gauteng premier

Mbhazima Shilowa was among the former Gauteng premiers who have been summoned to appear before the South African Human Rights Commission and public protector inquiry into the Alexandra Renewal Project.

He said the provincial department of human settlements was tasked with the implementation of the Alexandra Renewal Project and confirmed that the department had then commissioned a business plan for the ARP worth R1.3-billion over seven years. Shilowa said: “A further perusal of the Gauteng Provincial Government [GPG] medium-term budget statement of Treasury allocations to the GPG indicates that there was never an actual allocation of R1.3-billion for the ARP.”he Renewal Project had an estimated budget of R1.3-billion”.

Shilowa said the objectives and scope of the ARP were aptly captured in the Human Science Research Council’s Shilowa was premier of Gauteng from 15 June 1999 to 29 September 2008. The HSRC report noted that rapid urbanisation had caused dramatic overloading on infrastructure which was already under strain.

Outgoing Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba had promised the evictees that the city would rebuild their houses, but nothing materialised until people started rebuilding their houses, despite being prohibited from doing so.

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