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Patricia de Lille, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure.
- More than R80 million is being spent on upgrading three parliamentary villages in Cape Town.
- Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille says that a contractor was awarded the tender to work on the three sites.
- The project is part of R423 million that is spent on parliamentary buildings and facilities.
The government is spending around R88 million on improvements to three parliamentary villages in Cape Town.
This was according to a response from the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Patricia de Lille, to a parliamentary question from Freedom Front Plus MP Philippus van Staden.
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) was responsible for buildings on the parliamentary compound and parliamentary villages for MPs who did not live in Cape Town.
Van Staden wanted details on the redevelopment of the town’s parliamentary villages.
He also wanted the name of each company winning the tender to complete the projects.
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Cape Town’s three parliamentary towns are situated in Acacia Park near Goodwood, Pelican Park on the coast of Cape False Bay, and Laboria Park in Belhar.
De Lille said that a company, the Construction Company, won the tender to improve the facilities.
“The total cost of the maintenance project in the three parliamentary villages amounts to R88 997 040.93. Each unit will be evaluated. Maintenance and remodeling will include concrete and formwork, waterproofing, carpentry and joinery, painting, tiling, plumbing, drainage and glazing. Up to 40% of the value of the maintenance project will go to small, medium and micro-enterprises (MIPYMES), which will be appointed by the main contractor, “he said.
In June, De Lille revealed that the government was spending R 423 million on upgrading the houses and official offices of parliamentarians and civil servants.
De Lille previously said that R203 million had been allocated for the management of facilities in the Union buildings and the offices of the presidency.
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A further R48 million had been set aside for the redevelopment of the Groote Schuur Estate; a budget of R15 million for roads and parking at Bryntirion Presidential Estate and R104 million will be spent on parliamentary villages in Cape Town.
The DPWI had set aside R54 million to “provide integrated facilities management services over a five-year period in parliamentary villages and for official residential accommodation.”
Reforms are also being carried out in the building of the National Council of Provinces, including the heating, ventilation and air conditioning works, as well as the electrical and electronic installations.
The project would cost around R11 800,000.
Last month, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Thandi Modise, criticized DPWI, accusing it of taking Parliament for a spin after it was revealed that 25 million rand would be spent on kitchen cabinets.
