Gauteng Human Settlements MEC appeals with residents not to sell RDP Houses [SOUND]

# Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements, Tasneem Motara is appealing to all beneficiaries of RDP houses to not sell or rent their houses, especially not to undocumented foreigners. The department’s spokesperson, Tahir Sema, says these actions are illegal, undermine the state’s efforts to eradicate homelessness, and directly deprive a genuinely needy South African family of a house. He says the housing backlog is a deep seated structural challenge rooted in the ailing economy and rapid urbanisation: