The uMfeladawonye wa bahlali baseMjondolo briefed the delegation about a range of issues that had been taking place in their organisation. Mr Patric Magebula, President of Fedup, indicated that the organisation was established during the period when the late Minister of Housing, Hon Joe Slovo, had still been in office. Fedup had committee representatives throughout the nine provinces. It was stated that provincial governments gave funding towards the development of housing projects, while the Free- State and KwaZulu-Natal provided upfront subsidies for houses that were administered by Fedup. However, other provinces (North West and Mpumalanga) required that Fedup construct houses before the subsidies were released. This has proven to be a challenge as Fedup was a non-profit organisation. However, the key characteristic of the organisation was to save (ie a saving scheme for building houses).