Modulasetulo, Motlat?atona ya t?a Selegae, maloko ao a hlomphegago, ... [Hon Chairperson, hon Deputy Minister of Local Government, hon members, ...]
... comrades and compatriots: There shall be houses, security and comfort.
Ke seo se bolelwago ke Freedom Charter, e lego tokomane ya batho, go tii?a lent?u la set?haba gore se nyaka go dula le go phela bjang - ka boiketlo.
Ntlo ke mothopo wa bophelo bjo bokaone. Legae leo le nago le lethabo ke leo motheo wa ntlo ya lona o sa tekatekego, yeo leboto la yona le se nago bosodi, yeo marulelo a yona a dut?ego gabotse, a balet?wego ka bothakga le botswerere. Se se tii?et?a seo batho ba se nyakago - e lego go ba le legae le borutho. T?e ka moka ke t?eo Molaokakanywa wo wa Housing Consumer Amendment Bill o tlilego go se dira. (Translation of Sepedi paragraphs follows.)
[This is what the Freedom Charter states; this is the people's document, to affirm the voices of the people regarding the way they should live. A house is a basic need. A happy household is one with a decent house. It has a house with a good foundation, without cracked walls and with good roofing. This shows what the needs of the people are, that is to have a decent house. The Housing Consumers Protection Measures Amendment Bill will be able to help in solving all the challenges pertaining to housing.]
The Bill was introduced to bring about solutions regarding the implementation of the Housing Consumers Protection Measures Act of 1998. It further provides definitions for late enrolment and nondeclared enrolment to enable construction of quality houses.
The Bill stipulates regulations in tackling measures pertaining to interventions to be made by the Minister or the National Home Builders Registration Council. It provides for alterations for utilising owner builder definitions. In addition, the owner builder provision in this legislative framework enables the building constructors to attain entitlement to an application for exemption from the provisions of the Act.
It also enables the NHBRC to grant or refuse applications for exemption. Presently, the Act empowers the Minister to consider applications for exemption based on the recommendations made by the NHBRC. The new provisions intend to ensure robust construction of quality housing in a manner that will impact intensively in enabling sound infrastructure investment. E sego t?eo re di bonago ge re sepela le lefase. [It is not what we have observed in some places.]
The approval of this Bill will pose no financial implications to the parties concerned. It is crucial to indicate that granting of all powers to the NHBRC in enabling effective inspection in housing construction will not address the existing challenges. Therefore, it becomes imperative for the NHBRC to indicate to Parliament, prior to the approval of this Bill, the methodologies it has in place to ensure effective and efficient inspection of the Breaking New Ground strategy. In its present form, it does not provide measures to maximise inspection for enabling effective construction of housing subsidies by the NHBRC.
The intention of the Bill is to clarify the scope of application; to make provision for late enrolment and nondeclared late enrolment; to enable owner builders to apply for exemption, and to extend claims to include roof leaks; to make further provision for the use of money in the funds contemplated in the said Act, to extend the offences created under the Act and to amend provisions pertaining to the granting of exemptions and lodging of appeals.
Section 19(2), which is very critical, says an inspector may, for purposes of inspecting a home during construction, enter and inspect the premises constituting the site of the construction at any reasonable time. For investigation purposes, an inspector may require the production of the drawings and specifications of a house or any part thereof, including plans approved by the local authority and plans and specifications prescribed in the rules, or the home building manual, for inspection from the homebuilder, and may require information from any person concerning any matter related to a home or any part thereof.
An inspector may also be accompanied by any person employed or appointed by the council who has special or expert knowledge of any matter in relation to a home or part thereof. The council may recover the costs of any examination or test contemplated in subsection (3)(c) from a home builder where he has failed to comply with NHBRC technical requirements.
The construction of poor quality houses emanating from a lack of effective and efficient monitoring and evaluation strategies to ensure NHBRC compliance in housing construction is one of the key critical areas. The second one is that of the methodologies used by the national Department of Housing to co-ordinate between the NHBRC and the provincial and local housing department.
T?hirelet?o ya bahloki ke mo?omo wo Ntlo ye e swanet?ego go o gatelela.
Ka go amogela Molaokakanywa wo, dintlo t?a go swana le t?a gaMaponto, t?a L9 go la Se?hego le Eldorado, ka Limpopo, di i?a seriti sa Ntlo ye fase. Go a nyami?a go hwet?a motho wa go dula ka gare ga ntlo ya majabajaba, ye kgolo, ya mabato a go phadima boka seiponi, a jabet?a bahloki bao ba inyakelago fela ntlonyana ya RDP yeo mmu?o o ba neago gomme ba ikgant?ha ka yona. Re dira boipilet?o go bao ba ikhwet?ago ba jeledit?we ke batho ba mohuta wo gore letsogo la molao ke le letelele le gore ba o ?omi?e gobane wona molao o a ba emela.
Molawana wo o tla tsent?ha boitshepo le seriti go batho ba gaborena ka ge o tsebi?a mmu?o ka ga dijagobe t?e, t?eo di ratago go ipona e le t?ona di le no?i go hwet?a se sekaone. Diphe?amare t?e t?a go t?habi?a namana t?e mmele ke t?a ge maboto a gona ka nako ye nngwe le nngwe a ka wela bao ba dulago ka gare ga ntlo ya mohuta woo.
Ka moo, bjaloka lekgotla le legolo la ANC, re re a re ?omaneng le batho ba ba go nyat?a le go telela batho ba gaborena. Molaokakanywa wo o re fa matla - ke sebet?a sa rena go bona gore re loki?a moo go senyegilego. Ke a leboga. [Legofsi.] (Translation of Sepedi paragraphs follows.)
[It is the responsibility of this council to protect the poor. By accepting this Bill we will be helping people who live in houses such as those in the Maponto, Seshego and Eldorado areas, in Limpopo. It is quite disturbing to realise that rich people, who stay in decent houses, are defrauding poor people who only need an RDP house. We are assuring those who have been defrauded by these unscrupulous people that those defrauders will be brought to book.
This Bill will bring back the trust and the dignity of our people because it exposes these selfish people who only think of themselves. The shocking thing about this kind of housing is the fact that they can collapse at any time, endangering those who live in them.
The ANC, as the majority party, says: Let us deal with these disrespectful people, who undermine our people. This Bill empowers us - it is our tool to correct where things were not done properly. I thank you. [Applause.]]