{"id":47130,"date":"2024-02-06T12:40:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T10:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/suspensions-wont-halt-housing-20240205\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:08:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:08:37","slug":"suspensions-wont-halt-housing-20240205","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/suspensions-wont-halt-housing-20240205\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspension of Hangberg Phase 2 Housing Project head Duke Gumede \u2018won\u2019t halt housing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The anticipated groundbreaking of Hangberg Phase 2 Housing Project hangs in the balance following a slew of suspensions and lay-offs in the City\u2019s human settlements department over the past few weeks, including that of Duke Gumede, leading the Hangberg project.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A member of the Project Steering Community (PSC) and community activist Roscoe Jacobs from Hout Bay told <\/strong><span><strong>People\u2019s Post<\/strong><\/span><strong> the City of Cape Town human settlements department failed to communicate the suspension of Gumede, housing official leading the Hangberg Phase 2 Housing Project, to the PSC and community.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>This, as reported by <\/strong><span><strong>News24<\/strong><\/span><strong>, followed the City of Cape Town\u2019s director of public housing\u2019s dismissal after being accused of colluding with the \u201cconstruction mafia\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The anticipated groundbreaking of Hangberg Phase 2 Housing Project hangs in the balance following a slew of suspensions and lay-offs in the City\u2019s human settlements department over the past few weeks, including that of Duke Gumede, leading the Hangberg project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A member of the Project Steering Community (PSC) and community activist Roscoe Jacobs from Hout Bay told&nbsp;People\u2019s Post&nbsp;the City of Cape Town human settlements department failed to communicate the suspension of Gumede, housing official leading the Hangberg Phase 2 Housing Project, to the PSC and community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This, as reported by&nbsp;News24, followed the City of Cape Town\u2019s director of public housing\u2019s dismissal after being accused of colluding with the \u201cconstruction mafia\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two other staff members have also been suspended for serious misconduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City also dismissed a high-ranking official allegedly accused of colluding with the construction mafia and underworld figures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director of public housing Sipokazi September has been dismissed after being found guilty during a disciplinary hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>City spokesperson Luthando Tyhalibongo told <span>News24 <\/span>September was charged in a disciplinary process and dismissed on Tuesday 9 January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Locally, Jacobs condemns the City\u2019s failure to inform the PSC of its decision to suspend Gumede. He believes the suspension further delays and has impacted the Hangberg Phase 2 Housing Project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Mayco member for human settlements Carl Joshua Pophaim and Ward 74 Councillor Rob Quintas committed to a meeting in October last year and to date no date for meeting has been communicated. There is no clarity as to how the decision to suspend Gumede will affect the housing project moving forward,\u201d argued Jacobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He demands an urgent PSC meeting to address this matter and get a clear and decisive way forward that will result in the break of ground of Hangberg Phase 2 Housing Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pophaim, Mayco member for <span>human settlements, <\/span>responded to <span>People\u2019s Post<\/span>, saying: \u201cThe City can confirm that [Gumede] is currently suspended while allegations are being further investigated\u2026 The suspension will not have an impact on the delivery on Hangberg Phase 2. The City will communicate with the PSC in due course.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained that the project team has been tasked with reviewing the site conditions and presenting further development options that are in line with national grant funding guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In an unrelated press release the City advises residents to phone one number for all development related queries. 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