Gauteng Department of Social Development to pay R500 000 to fix Tembisa Old Age Home structural defects as contractor no longer exists
20 April 2021
It is extremely concerning that the Gauteng Department of Social Development now has to pay R500 000 for repairing the structural defects at the Tembisa Home for the Aged as the contracted company no longer exits.
This information was revealed in a reply to my written question tabled in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature (GPL) to the Gauteng MEC for Social Development, Morakane Mosupyoe.
Built in 2012, the Tembisa Home for the Aged only opened its doors to elderly residents two years later in October 2014.
According to the Mosupyoe, at the time of the facility’s official hand-over, there were no visible structural defects. However, the City of Ekurhuleni’s Real Estate Department identified serious structural defects during the assessment of the facility in May 2019 which led to its closure.