IN what has been described as a groundbreaking and innovative move, the Limpopo department of local government and housing has launched the "My RDP - My Pride" campaign to encourage owners of RDP houses to keep them clean.
The campaign, which is in line with the government's rural development strategy, was launched on Wednesday after reports that several RDP home owners were neglecting their houses or leaving them unkept.
The campaign will also help owners take initiatives in cleaning up their environment in an effort to live a healthy life free from diseases such as TB, cholera and typhoid.
It encourages RDP beneficiaries to value their homes by planting trees, vegetables, and maintaining a beautiful environment.
Said MEC Soviet Lekganyane yesterday: "This concept is aimed at changing the way people perceive RDP houses.
"Through this campaign, our department wants to change the way the RDP houses look and the way the province looks at them."
He said the campaign was also aimed at debunking the myth that RDP owners were not allowed to improve, renovate or paint their houses.
"Our aim is to see RDP house owners walking as tall as those who live in big houses," he said.
Lekganyane said since 1994 the Limpopo government had built more than 300000 RDP houses that had benefitted more than 1,2million people.
James Seise of Pjapjamela village in Bolobedu, Tzaneen, who has entered the competition, praised the department for awarding him a free house and an opportunity to win money.
The department has partnered with Limpopo's commercial radio station Capricorn FM and hardware store Sizani Build-It in the campaign.
The homeowners should send pictures of their houses and yards to the department to stand a chance of winning prizes, ranging from home improvements to the value of R100000, furniture and electrical appliances.
RDP houses - pride of place
IN what has been described as a groundbreaking and innovative move, the Limpopo department of local government and housing has launched the "My RDP - My Pride" campaign to encourage owners of RDP houses to keep them clean.
The campaign, which is in line with the government's rural development strategy, was launched on Wednesday after reports that several RDP home owners were neglecting their houses or leaving them unkept.
The campaign will also help owners take initiatives in cleaning up their environment in an effort to live a healthy life free from diseases such as TB, cholera and typhoid.
It encourages RDP beneficiaries to value their homes by planting trees, vegetables, and maintaining a beautiful environment.
Said MEC Soviet Lekganyane yesterday: "This concept is aimed at changing the way people perceive RDP houses.
"Through this campaign, our department wants to change the way the RDP houses look and the way the province looks at them."
He said the campaign was also aimed at debunking the myth that RDP owners were not allowed to improve, renovate or paint their houses.
"Our aim is to see RDP house owners walking as tall as those who live in big houses," he said.
Lekganyane said since 1994 the Limpopo government had built more than 300000 RDP houses that had benefitted more than 1,2million people.
James Seise of Pjapjamela village in Bolobedu, Tzaneen, who has entered the competition, praised the department for awarding him a free house and an opportunity to win money.
The department has partnered with Limpopo's commercial radio station Capricorn FM and hardware store Sizani Build-It in the campaign.
The homeowners should send pictures of their houses and yards to the department to stand a chance of winning prizes, ranging from home improvements to the value of R100000, furniture and electrical appliances.
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