Simelane provides an update on Human Settlements Department's work

JOHANNESBURG - The past few weeks have must been pretty hectic for the Human Settlements department given the amount of work needed to resolve the country's problems. 

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Overflowing dams, the need to relocate scores of people, the housing backlog and old infrastructure collapsing and injuring or killing people have all made recent headlines. 

Minister Thembi Simelane spoke with eNCA about the progress being made by the department.