Construction mafia crippling housing projects – Kubayi

Builders abandon projects after being intimidated

Human settlements minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says government is increasing spending on security to protect housing projects because of onslaughts by the construction mafia.

Kubayi said her department has asked the security cluster to help deal with the problem. She said government has had to reduce the number of housing units it meant to build to accommodate security costs...

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