Nelson Mandela Bay pushes to spend funds to boost service delivery

By Nkhensani Chauke

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality plans to spend over 40% of the R361 million informal settlements grant to accelerate essential service delivery and stop under spending.

Human settlements MMC Thembinkosi Mafana said the metro was working with senior officials and project managers to ensure that the spending and quality of the work tally with the timeframes were stipulated in the process plan for the Informal Settlements Upgrading Partnership Grant (ISUPG).

“We want to push all our efforts to spend at least 40% of the allocated funds by the December 2024 break so that by January when we reopen , we accelerate performance even more,” Mafana said in statement on Wednesday. 

During the week the Human Settlements Standing Committee visited numerous active sites that are financed by the grant, including the Arlington Landfill Site, where fencing has cost R15 million.

 The committee also visited housing delivery sites funded