Human Settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi and Deputy Minister Pam Tshwete will on Wednesday and Thursday, 10-11 January 2024, visit Mpumalanga Province to meet with the contractors and developers and hand over about 619 title deeds to housing beneficiaries in the Tekwane South community.
The meeting with the contractors and developers to be joined by the Mpumalanga MEC for Human Settlements, Mr. Speed Mashilo, City of Mbombela’s Executive Mayor, Cllr Sibongile Makushe- Mazibuko aims to provide a platform to ascertain sector-related issues which affect service delivery while mobilising these stakeholders to partner with the department to achieve its set targets.
In October 2023, Minister Kubayi launched the Title Deeds Fridays Campaign, to rally all spheres of government to dispatch title deeds on hand to the rightful owners. Consequently, MECs and Mayors have over the past few months embarked on various community outreach programmes to hand over title deeds to government subsidised houses beneficiaries.
The issuing of title deeds is one of the priorities for the current Medium Term Strategic Framework period. Other priorities include responding to the gap market through programmes such as First Home Finance and Social Housing, Upgrading Informal Settlements, and the delivery of fully subsidized government houses.
The visit will include a community engagement to solicit inputs on the recently published White Paper on Human Settlements, which is aimed at strengthening the sector’s approach to providing sustainable human settlements.
On the second day of the visit, Deputy Minister Tshwete will launch the Community Schemes Ombud Service Satellite Office (CSOS) in Mbombela. CSOS is an agency of the Department of Human Settlements responsible for regulating the conduct of parties within community schemes. The expansion of the CSOS footprint seeks to better service communities and follows the launch of other satellite offices in Limpopo and Western Cape Provinces.
Details are as follows:
DAY ONE:
Date: Wednesday, 10 January 2024
Activity 1: Engagement with contractors and developers Time: 08:30
Venue: Council Chambers, City of Mbombela
Activity 2: Title deeds handover and community engagement Time: 10:00
Venue: Mthunzi Kunene Community Hall, Tekwane South, City of Mbombela
DAY TWO:
Activity 1: Launch of CSOS Mbombela Satellite Office Date: Thursday, 11 January 2024
Time: 10:00
Venue: Block 1, Riverside Office Park, Riverside, City of Mbombela
For media enquiries contact:
Hlengiwe Nhlabathi-Mokota, Spokesperson to Minister Kubayi
Cell: 064 754 8426
E-mail: Hlengiwe.Nhlabathi@dhs.gov.za
Mr Freddy Ngobe, Mpumalanga Human Settlements Spokesperson
Cell: 082 859 4630
