The Gauteng Provincial Government wants to auction more 1000 properties which it feels are non-core and would help its cause to reduce costs and bring efficiency.
In a response to TMG Digital‚ the Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development said a decision had been taken to sell properties and these have been identified.
“The exco took a decision to dispose of non-core; non-residential properties. The properties have been identified in the asset register‚” said the department’s spokesperson‚ Theo Nkonki.
31 state properties to be sold at auction in October - Gauteng premier
Nkonki said an investigation by the department identified 1000 properties to be auctioned online.
“The residential properties comprise improved properties (with dwellings) as well as vacant residential land‚” he said.
Last week‚ Gauteng Premier David Makhura announced that 31 residential properties owned by the Gauteng government‚ including the premier’s official residence‚ will be sold at auction this month.
Makhura has not stayed at the official residence‚ despite millions of rands being spent on it during the time of his predecessor‚ now Water Affairs and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokanyane.
He announced two years ago that the mansion would be used to host official events‚ while he remained in his own home.
The property was purchased in 2004 for R11.4-million‚ but further renovations costing an additional R4-million were subsequently made due to what government called “structural defects” to areas such as the swimming pool.
Nkonki said among the assets to be auctioned are 31 land parcels‚ of which 28 are vacant land and three have dwellings (that are unoccupied).
The department could not divulge who lived in the residential properties.
The department assigned a consortium‚ which includes Ernst & Young‚ to help develop an accurate asset register.
In March‚ a report was tabled before the portfolio committee on infrastructure development that laid bare how the department had struggled under Qedani Mahlangu and Nandi Mayathula-Khoza to account for the immovable assets of the provincial government.
A group of residents in Randhart‚ Alberton‚ on the East Rand‚ claimed that the department demanded that they sign a lease that would force them to pay market-related rents for their occupancy of provincial properties.
The portfolio committee found that the tenants would be willing to pay the higher rates if the department maintained their houses.
– TMG Digital
Gauteng identifies 1000 properties to be auctioned off
The Gauteng Provincial Government wants to auction more 1000 properties which it feels are non-core and would help its cause to reduce costs and bring efficiency.
In a response to TMG Digital‚ the Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development said a decision had been taken to sell properties and these have been identified.
“The exco took a decision to dispose of non-core; non-residential properties. The properties have been identified in the asset register‚” said the department’s spokesperson‚ Theo Nkonki.
31 state properties to be sold at auction in October - Gauteng premier
Nkonki said an investigation by the department identified 1000 properties to be auctioned online.
“The residential properties comprise improved properties (with dwellings) as well as vacant residential land‚” he said.
Last week‚ Gauteng Premier David Makhura announced that 31 residential properties owned by the Gauteng government‚ including the premier’s official residence‚ will be sold at auction this month.
Makhura has not stayed at the official residence‚ despite millions of rands being spent on it during the time of his predecessor‚ now Water Affairs and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokanyane.
He announced two years ago that the mansion would be used to host official events‚ while he remained in his own home.
The property was purchased in 2004 for R11.4-million‚ but further renovations costing an additional R4-million were subsequently made due to what government called “structural defects” to areas such as the swimming pool.
Nkonki said among the assets to be auctioned are 31 land parcels‚ of which 28 are vacant land and three have dwellings (that are unoccupied).
The department could not divulge who lived in the residential properties.
The department assigned a consortium‚ which includes Ernst & Young‚ to help develop an accurate asset register.
In March‚ a report was tabled before the portfolio committee on infrastructure development that laid bare how the department had struggled under Qedani Mahlangu and Nandi Mayathula-Khoza to account for the immovable assets of the provincial government.
A group of residents in Randhart‚ Alberton‚ on the East Rand‚ claimed that the department demanded that they sign a lease that would force them to pay market-related rents for their occupancy of provincial properties.
The portfolio committee found that the tenants would be willing to pay the higher rates if the department maintained their houses.
– TMG Digital
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