The provincial department of Human Settlements welcomes this week's announcement that the farm worker's strike would be suspended in the area of De Doorns. While we fully understand and respect the right of farm workers to go on strike, the effects of the strike had a negative impact on the delivery of houses in the area of De Doorns in particular.
In De Doorns, the contractor responsible for the construction of 611 houses (top structures) and 645 serviced sites was forced to move off site as from November 8, 2012. This decision was taken in order to protect the equipment of the contractor from the strike activities that were unfolding in the De Doorns area. To date, seven weeks of production, excluding the three weeks builder's holiday were lost as the result of the decision to move off site.
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