Secretariat meeting 23 - 24 Feb 2006, Sun City, South Africa
21 February 2006
The national Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu will sign a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with her Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) counterpart
John Tibasima in a joint partnership aimed at various housing projects
participation in the DRC.
Tibasima is in South Africa to study the South African government
administration, administration of housing, role of various spheres, financing
and planning of human settlements, policy making and statutes.
At 14:30 Minister Sisulu will meet the African Ministerial Conference in
Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD) Secretariat
The meeting will consist of the following Ministers:
(i) Mr Mohamed Nadir Hamimid: Minister of Housing and Town planning
(Algeria),
(ii) Mr Assane Diagne: Ministre de l'Urbanisme et de l'Amenagement du
Territoire (Senegal),
(iii) Mr Peter Soita Shitanda: Minister for Housing and AMCHUD Bureau
Rapporteur (Kenya),
(iv) Dr Chene Adoum: Minister of the Regional Planning, Urbanism and Habitat
(Chad), and
(v) Mr Hackman Owusu Agyeman: Minister of Works and Housing (Ghana) and
(vi) Dr Lindiwe Sisulu: Minister of Housing (South Africa).
Among other matters to be discussed are the upcoming AMCHUD Special
Conference and Special High Level Meeting from 3 to 5 April 2006 in Nairobi,
Kenya and the progress made since the last AMCHUD held in Durban, South
Africa.
Date: 23 Feb 2006
Time: 10h00 - Signing of MOU with DRC; 14h30 - Meeting with the AMCHUD
Secretariat
Venue: Palace Hotel, Sun City
For further details contact: Mr Ndivhuwo Mabaya
Cell: 083 645 7838
Issued by: Department of Housing
21 February 2006
