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Gauteng building projects flop as rental bill soars to R34m
['Sipho Mabena', 'Senior Journalist']
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Gauteng is littered with incomplete and abandoned infrastructure projects that cost taxpayers millions of rands, revealing systemic failure in project management and oversight.
The developer reportedly abandoned the site in 2018, citing lack of funds due to demands from construction mafia.
Decay in Thembisa mirrors RandfonteinSimilar decay is unfolding in Thembisa, in Ekurhuleni, where the R97 million Tembisa Mega Housing Project has stood unfinished for nearly five years.
In 2024, a National Council of Provinces report revealed that over 45 multimillion-rand projects are incomplete in Gauteng.
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