The Collen Mashawana Foundation handed over a fully furnished house to seventy-one-year-old Vincent Kgabo in Ramotse, Hammanskraal, on Oct. 31, 2025. Built in one week with alternative building technology, the two-bedroom home replaces the shack where he lived for more than twenty years. The event drew hundreds of residents and partners from government and business, highlighting efforts to speed up safe housing with greener, faster methods.
Foundation leaders said the project forms part of a broader drive to assist older people, disaster survivors, and people with disabilities. The group has worked for thirteen years on housing, social support, and community programs, and recently completed another house for a Hammanskraal family. Partners credited on the Ramotse build were the Department of Human Settlements, the City of Tshwane, the National Home Builders Registration Council, Afribiz Invest, Steel World, and the South African Women in Construction and the Built Environment. Organizers said the build created local jobs and showcased the role of women across planning and site work.
Foundation leaders said the project forms part of a broader drive to assist older people, disaster survivors, and people with disabilities. The group has worked for thirteen years on housing, social support, and community programs, and recently completed another house for a Hammanskraal family. Partners credited on the Ramotse build were the Department of Human Settlements, the City of Tshwane, the National Home Builders Registration Council, Afribiz Invest, Steel World, and the South African Women in Construction and the Built Environment. Organizers said the build created local jobs and showcased the role of women across planning and site work.
