Annual Provincial Govan Mbeki Housing Awards

Theewaterskloof Municipality was honoured to receive  second place  as Municipality of the year in the Provincial Govan Mbeki Housing Awards held on Thursday 24th July 2008 in Cape Town.
 
The award was received by  the Executive Mayor, Ald Chris Punt and the Municipal Manager, Mr Stan Wallace.

The Provincial Minister of Local Government and Housing of the Western Cape,Minister Richard Dyantyi made a special reference to the improvement which Thewaterskloof Municipality made during 2006/07 with Subsidized Housing.

The evaluation process focused on a variety of  key performance areas such as the development of sustainable human settlements, upgrading programmes for informal areas, capacity building and the provision of housing and job creation.

The adjudication was performed by an evaluating team consisting of representatives of the National and Provincial Housing Departments, Housing Institutions and recognised Building Associations.

The Executive Mayor gave the assurance that Theewaterskloof Municipality will strive for first place at  next years awards, as this years runner up was not  far behind the winning Municipality of Knysna.

The Provincial winners will compete later this year for the National Awards.

Released: 31 July 2008.