MINISTRY FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 4072
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20 NOVEMBER 2015
Mr A G Whitfield (DA) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements:
With reference to her intervention in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan
Municipality in the Eastern Cape, what (a) are the details of the R4,6
billion allocation to housing delivery in the specified municipality, (b)
is the role of the Housing Development Agency (HDA) in this regard and (c)
are the details of the agreement between the HDA, the specified
municipality and her department? NW4943E
REPLY:
(a) We indicated that the Nelson Mandela Intervention is supported by
other sector departments, namely the National Treasury, Department of
Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs and the Department of
Water and Sanitation. Further, the projected funding for the
intervention will be made available over the MTEF period through
various Interdepartmental Grants such as the Human Settlements
Development Grant (HSDG), the Urban Settlements Development Grant
(USDG), the Municipal Water Infrastructure Grant (MWIG) and the
National Skills Fund.
The breakdown of the projected R4.6 billion is at as follows:
Houses (16,191) R1.806 billion
Bethelsdorp 6500 Houses R721m
Kayamnandi 7000 Houses R776m
Walmer 2200 Houses R244m
Chatty (Military Veterans) 491 Houses R65m
Serviced Sites (15,700) R785m
Bulk Infrastructure (link and reticulation) and WWTPs R1.2
billion
Planning (greenfields) R82,1 m
Programme Management R428m
National Skills Fund (Skills Training) R300m
Estimated total R4.6 billion
(b) Role of the HDA
The National Department of Human Settlements (DHS), the
Provincial Department of Human Settlements (PDoHS) and the
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) concluded a Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) and Implementation Protocol (IP), wherein the
Housing Development Agency was appointed the implementing agent
to implement and manage the NMBM Integrated Human Settlements
Programme for a period of 4 years (1 July 2015 until
31 March 2019).
(c) Details of Agreement between the HDA, the Municipality and the
Department
A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), underpinning the institutional,
funding and implementation arrangements was signed between the
Minister of Human Settlements, the MEC for Human Settlements and
the Executive Mayor of the NMBM â 30 June 2015. The three
parties constitute the Executive Committee that exercises
oversight over the Programme.
The relevant Departmental and Entity Accounting Officers
comprising of the Director General, Provincial Head of
Department for Human Settlements, City Manager and the Chief
Executive Officer of the HDA signed an Implementation Protocol
(IP) â 2 July 2015. The IP provides for establishment of a
Project Steering Committee (PSC) comprising the Director-
General, the Provincial Head of Department for Human Settlements
and the City Manager to oversee the implementation of the
programme.
The IP stipulates that a Technical Committee be established
comprising senior officials from National, Provincial,
Metropolitan Municipality and the Housing Development Agency
(HDA) as a preferred Implementing Agent. The Committee is
tasked with the day-to-day management of the projects forming
part of the Programme.
In addition, the agreements provide for the following key
elements:
i) The Provincial Department of Human Settlements is the developer for
the housing and human settlements programme and projects with regard
to construction of houses funded through the HSDG.
ii) The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is responsible for all functions
relating to spatial planning, bulk infrastructure and preparation of
built environment performance plans, and will ensure that the USDG
will be aligned to the HSDG allocations and targets and outputs.
iii) As Implementing Agent, the Housing Development Agency will
undertake the implementation of the Programme in line with an approved
implementation plan in conjunction with the Province and Municipality.
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