More than 2,600 houses built were handed over to new owners, in Cornubia, Durban.
This is part of the first phase of the project, housing families displaced by the severe 2022 floods.
The Cornubia Integrated Human Settlement Project covers some 1,300 hectares of land.
The area has a permanent primary school- Solomon Mahlangu Primary School and other amenities such as community retail facilities, sports and a multi-purpose hall and clinic.
It also has early childhood development and transport infrastructure.
Phases IIA and IIB are under construction.
Another 145 houses, under the second phase of construction, are scheduled to be completed next year.
President Cyril Ramaphosa, was at the launch of the second leg of the project, on Thursday.
Other dignitaries in attendance were Thami Ntuli -Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Thembi Simelane – Minister of Human Settlements, Cyril Xaba -Executive Mayor of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, Amakhosi (chiefs), representatives of political parties, community and faith-based organisations, and residents of Cornubia.
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