Following an in-depth examination of the massive under-spend of funding such as the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) and the Housing Delivery Programme the North West Province has found a place under the spotlight for an entirely different reason. The province has been declared the best performer in housing delivery throughout the country with vast improvement in both expenditure and quality of houses built during the past twelve months.

The final phase of the Brickfields Housing Project in Johannesburg's inner-city, Phumulani, is complete. This phase comprises of 198 units, and the R32-million set aside for it will bring the total investment in the Newtown housing project to R121-million