The Provincial Minister of Infrastructure Tertuis Simmers will begin the handover of 190 houses at the Transhex Housing project in Worcester on Wednesday 15 March. The Minister will be joined by the Executive Mayor of Breede Valley Municipality Antoinette Steyn.

The full handover of the 190 houses will take place between the 15th – 24th of March. In commemoration of Human Rights Month, Minister Simmers will ceremoniously hand over the first batch of the houses.

Speaking on the significance of the occasion Minister Simmer said: “It gives me great joy to hand over these houses and this sees the completion of the first portion of phase 1. Over the next five days, the lives of these citizens will be significantly changed for the better.”

“At the end of phase 1, we intend on creating 3 226 housing opportunities and 5 social facilities.”

All media are invited to attend.

Source: Government of South Africa