The City of Johannesburg will be holding sod-turning ceremonies on Wednesday for the first four of 84 properties earmarked for redevelopment. The properties represent part of a R22 billion investment in the inner-city which is expected to generate 11000 direct construction sector jobs.
Tomorrow, I make good on one of my biggest promises. We turn the Inner City of @CityofJoburgZA into a construction site.
We’ll be turning sod inside out at multiple locations through the Inner City and beginning a legacy my great-grandchildren will enjoy. #BuildingNewJozi pic.twitter.com/XAxngupK0d— Herman Mashaba (@HermanMashaba) August 20, 2019
The inner-city revitalisation project is expected to yield approximately 6 500 units of affordable housing with rentals beginning from R900 per month.
Jo’burg Mayor Herman Mashaba says the inner-city will be officially turned into a construction site.
“Today is honestly another historic day for the City of Johannesburg, if not South Africa. First of December 2016, I made a huge pronouncement that I want to turn the inner city into a construction site to provide affordable housing for our people, our students and SMMEs. So today we are now doing the sod turning of the four of the 84 awarded contracts.”
I am proud to see the vision coming true. Developing properties in the Inner City will ensure that we have investors and grow the City’s economy. #BuildingNewJozi ^LM pic.twitter.com/xLtvwJlOnW
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) August 21, 2019
With the first of these properties, the City looks forward to launching more developments for our residents and realising Mayor @HermanMashaba‘s vision of turning the inner-city into a construction site. #BuildingNewJozi ^LM pic.twitter.com/2l0Zr4gxhM
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) August 21, 2019