Honourable Speaker and Deputy Speaker
Honourable Premier, Ms Noxolo Kiviet
My colleagues in the executive council
Honourable members of the provincial legislature
Honourable executive mayors and mayors
ANC leadership and alliance partners
Esteemed traditional leaders
Our social partners
Senior officials in government and the private sector
Distinguished guests
Comrades and friends
Ladies and gentlemen
Abantu baseMpumakoloni ngokubanzi
1. Introduction
I stand before this honourable house today with humility for having been afforded the privilege to serve the people of the province. Honourable Speaker, I rise to give an account of our performance as a department against the commitments we made in our 2009/10 policy and budget speech in a quest to improve the lives of our people through the creation of integrated and sustainable human settlements.
I will proceed to outline the achievements we have accomplished, challenges we have encountered as we traversed this arduous road, as well as our responses to those challenges. I will conclude by presenting the policy and programme priorities the department will pursue during 2010/11 operational year.
Honourable Speaker, the 2009/10 policy priorities presented to this house in our policy speech last year were:
- integrated and sustainable rural housing programmes
- housing assistance for vulnerable groups
- rectification of defective houses
- emergency housing assistance
- land acquisition for housing development
- social and rental housing programme
- emerging contractor development
- utilisation of innovative construction methods and alternative building technologies and
- institution building and renewal.
In support of these policy and delivery imperatives, the department gave concrete expression to the broad policy priorities through determining its key focus areas for 2009/10 financial year to be:
- delivery of 19 000 housing units
- rectification of 3 712 defective houses
- implementation of 6 Breaking New Ground (BNG) projects
- implementation of 1 274 emergency housing projects
- implementation of projects for vulnerable and destitute groups including the provision of housing assistance to military veterans.
- up scaling of rural housing programmes
- acquisition of seven (225 hectares) parcels of suitable land for housing development
- provision of 731 rental stock and affordable housing.
- emerging contractor development
- institution building and renewal
2. Achievement against set objectives
Honourable Speaker, an assessment of the department’s performance against previous financial years, shows a significant improvement in the housing delivery trajectory.
2. 1. Delivery of the 19 000 housing units
The department has as at 28 February 2010 completed 12 689 housing units. Additional 3 256 are complete but awaiting final unit reports. For the same period 6 311 units are at touch stage (snags). As of this date we stood at 66.7 percent achievement against our target. Equally we had planned to service a total 7 790 sites for the period. A total of 6 914 sites have been serviced. This performance amounting to 89 percent achievement against the target.
In our endeavour to upgrade the design outlook and quality of our housing products, the provincial norms and standards have since been reviewed to cater for internal and external plastering and provision of ceiling for all subsidised houses. This will be the feature of the Eastern Cape house since the department has started to implement this in our new projects.
2. 2 Informal Settlements Upgrading programme
The eradication of informal settlements in the province continues to be our key priority programme with Duncan village redevelopment initiative and the Zanemvula projects remaining of high impact experience, as part of an endeavour to make a remarkable dent on informal settlements. In Zanemvula, the construction of a multi-purpose centre is already at the adjudication stage and completion of the centre is earmarked to be in the 2010/11 financial year.
An integrated approach is the key in sustaining Zanemvula project and such approach includes educating beneficiaries about the value of their home as an asset, clean neighbourhood , planting small gardens and taking care of the 1 000 trees planted in this project. While other human settlement related commodities are not yet constructed, our partners, the sector departments are providing these services through implementing scholar transport and mobile clinic.
There are currently six active informal settlement upgrading projects totalling 69 200 number of units over the project completion period. These are located at:
- Nelson Mandela metropolitan municipality (Zanemvula)
- Buffalo city municipality (Duncan village)
- Mbashe municipality (Elliotdale)
- King Sabata Dalinyebo municipality (Ngangelizwe)
- Mnquma municipality (Siyanda)
- Ndlambe municipality (Thornhill, Port Alfred)
Under this informal settlement upgrading programme, 4 268 housing units have been constructed during the period under review under the Zanemvula housing project, whilst substantial progress has been achieved in the other five informal settlements upgrading projects.
To this end, in the Elliotdale project 1 000 housing units have been approved to the Development Bank of Southern Africa as an implementing agent, a contractor for the installation of internal services has been appointed for the Siyanda project and work has already commenced in this regard, six show houses utilising alternative building methods have been constructed in Ngangelizwe, internal services for 509 houses completed in Thornhill project with six show houses depicting different typologies having been completed.
With regards to the Duncan Village project, a process of returning the project to the department due to severe institutional challenges within the Municipality is underway.
Despite the achievements made to date on these informal settlements upgrading projects, there has been a number of challenges experienced thus resulting in slow pace with these projects. Central in these challenges is major bulk shortages and this impact negatively on the speed of eradication of informal settlements. These bulk challenges have been escalated to the EXCO Lekgotla so that as a collective we can find and implement sustainable solutions to the bulk challenges we are faced with.
2.3. Housing assistance for vulnerable groups and military veterans
For the year 2009/10 we committed to intensify our programmes to ensure immediate access to housing and quality living environments for military veterans, elderly persons, people infected and affected by HIV and AIDS and people with disabilities.
2.4. Rectification of defective houses
In our 2009/10 policy speech honourable members, we emphatically stated that the department is not in a business of rectifying defective houses that have been occasioned by use of sub-standard building material and shoddy workmanship by appointed contractors, however, to restore victim’s dignity the department, is obliged to intervene in the plight of beneficiaries who find themselves with poor houses while pursuing legal recourse on the responsible contractors. Concurrently, with the launch of the national audit programme, special investigations are being intensified to track down culprits and recover state moneys.
As we speak today Honourable Speaker, we can proudly state that we have rectified a total of 3 819 houses and thus having overshot our 3 712 target.
In collaboration with our strategic partners in this regard, the department will strengthen its rectification programme while jerking up its on-site construction monitoring capability for early detection of shoddy workmanship to reverse the trend.
2.5. Emergency housing assistance programme
Honourable Speaker, under the programme “Emergency Housing Assistance” in the year we leave, we committed to intensify our intervention to people who are homeless and are found in life-threatening situations. This being a housing relief for people found in destitute circumstances.
As at 28 February 2010, 713 temporary shelters were erected for temporal disaster relief or emergency housing. These shelters were provided for families affected by disasters, informal settlement upgrading, rectification and special cases as circumstances often dictate. These shelters have been erected in OR Tambo, Alfred Nzo, Cacadu, Amathole and Chris Hani district municipalities.
2.6. Land acquisition for housing development
In our policy priorities we had also aimed to acquire seven (220 hectares) strategically located and suitable land parcels. This land in urban centres is being secured to ensure community integration and socio-economic sustainability of housing development.
During the, year the department has acquired three out of the seven land parcels. These parcels are located in Bhisho (Balasi Valley) at 19 hectares, King Williamstown at 11 hectares, and Amalinda in East London at eight hectares. Acquisition of the remaining four land parcels is at an advanced stage. Three deeds of sale have been signed with the land owners. One remaining property is being prepared to be signed with the owner.
2.7. Social and rental housing programme
The ANC had during its Polokwane conference noted that the housing backlog facing the country will require no less than one response, and that other alternative solutions for the housing problem should be found. We hence committed in our 2009/10 policy speech to provide a total of 731 social housing units for rental stock for various income categories as an alternative solution to the housing problem.
As at 28 February 2010, 384 units were completed and occupied. This is one of our flagship projects in the province with outstanding lessons for us going into the future.
2.8. Emerging Contractor Development and Support programme
The 17 emerging contractors which were trained in housing construction skills at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University have now been appointed to construct houses in two housing projects in Mount Pleasant (Nkonkobe municipality) and Transit Camp (Makana municipality).
At Mount Pleasant and Transit Camp housing projects each contractor has been allocated 25 housing units at a total value of R23 million. These emerging contractors have already established site, and physical construction commences on the last week of March.
In addition, another eight emerging contractors from Makana local municipality have been appointed by the department to construct 250 housing units. Similarly, these eight emerging contractors have also established site, and physical construction commences on the last week of March 2010. In total 675 units have been awarded to emerging contractors.
2.9. Utilisation of innovative construction methods and alternative building technologies
It has since dawned to the department and its strategic partners that the vision to eradicate homelessness and clear the housing backlog cannot be realised if the department continues to rely on one construction solution. We since committed to explore alternative housing technologies in four projects in our province.
In our endeavours in exploring the use of alternative building methods in housing delivery, we have piloted and built three show houses at Ndevana in Buffalo City, Mqanduli in King Sabatha Dalindyebo and Sibangweni at Nyandeni municipalities. We have also initiated implementation of two alternative technology sanitation projects.
2.10. Institution building and renewal
In the current year the department could not embark on any further recruitment drive because of budget constraints. Hence our vacancy rate still standing at 54 percent. In populating our organogram we had prioritised the provision of technical staff to districts so that our major delivery arm is substantially capacitated. It is important though to mention that our technical capacity still remains in adequate to service our mandate demand. This affects negatively our quality assurance program.
The department had finalised its service delivery model. The expansion in our mandate necessitates the review of the model and the costing thereof. This expanded mandate will pose financial and human resource implications and will furthermore require a complete reorganisation of the department.
The Department will continue to consolidate its institutional capability and renewal subsequent to delineation with Local Government and Traditional Affairs in 2008 to better poise it to deliver on the expectations and ensure that no future funds are withheld by the National Department of Human Settlements. This requires that as a province we ensure that the resources match the demand.
2.11. Job creation through housing construction
Honourable Speaker, as part of embracing our expanded mandate informed by the breaking new ground policy, that housing must be utilised as a tool for poverty alleviation and job creation. I am proud to announce that through housing construction, the department has been able to create 9,228 jobs.
Indeed, Honourable Speaker, I am convinced that with the new mandate of the department we will play a very significant role in contributing to the provincial economic growth during the coming period.
2.12. Fraud and corruption
Honourable Speaker, we have adopted a zero tolerance stance towards fraud and corruption. We have since strengthened our continued partnership with Special Investigating unit (SIU) in dealing with fraud and corruption cases. To this end we have been able to finalise 196 cases and an additional 127 cases are currently in court processes.
Honourable Speaker, during the year we had a privilege of hosting the launch of a National Audit aimed at investigating poor workmanship and shoddy work done by contractors. Contractors that have been identified as culprits shall be restricted, commonly known as Restriction across the country, and made not to do business with government for a substantial number of years.
We have already established a departmental audit task team and we are also represented at the national audit task team. Our partnership with Special Investigations unit is being extended to include the transfer of skills to our personnel in order to enhance our investigative and fraud prevention competencies.
We have since sent a stern warning to all our officials that are colluding with contractors of the consequences of their actions and resultant heavy sanctions against them. We will equally not tolerate poor performance and unscrupulous contractors who rob our people of their dignity.
3. Departmental Expenditure
An analysis of the departments’ expenditure as at 28 February 2010 is as follows:
- Overall expenditure
Budget allocation: R1.531.715 billion
Total expenditure as at 31 December 2009: R1.387.705 billion
Percentage of expenditure: 90.60
- Conditional grant expenditure
Budget allocation: R1.313.378 billion
Total expenditure as at 31 December 2009: R1.188.907 billion
Percentage of expenditure: 90.52
- Equitable share expenditure
Budget allocation: R218.337 million
Total expenditure as at 31 December 2009: R198.798 million
Percentage of expenditure: 91.05
4. Challenges
Honourable Speaker, in the course of executing our mandate and thereby addressing needs of our people, we continue to be stifled by a wide range of challenges. As much as we would like to move faster in terms of addressing the needs of our people, we are faced with challenges and these relate to among others. Spatial planning and development inherited from the past regime, weak integrated planning and development mechanisms, natural disasters, floods and fires that are exacerbated by global warming, subsidy constraints, cost of building material and inflationary pressures; substandard workmanship of some contractors and fraud and corruption.
I will quickly expand on a few of these challenges that affect our performance which we will be responding to as a matter of urgency.
4.1. Performance and contracts management
We have recently taken a firm decision to strictly monitor the contractual obligations and subsequently terminated contracts of contractors on housing projects, mainly due to their inability to meet completion deadlines. The terminated contracts include two housing projects in Cala. Three other projects allocated to the same contractor in Elliot, were also cancelled due to non performance.
The department has also cancelled yet another contract at Sweet Waters due poor performance. The department is in the process of appointing new contractors to work on these projects. Honourable Speaker, essentially what we are saying is that we will not be tolerating poor performing and unscrupulous contactors.
4.2. Eradication of informal settlements
Honourable Speaker, the challenge of eradicating informal settlements has since demonstrated its complexity and magnitude, indicating that a single-faceted approach will not resolve it.
In line with Human Settlements MINMEC resolution and the 2007 ANC 52nd national conference resolutions, the department has developed a White Paper on the Prevention of the Mushrooming of Informal Settlements. It is the intention of the department to process this White Paper for tabling for consideration and passing into a Provincial Act.
The approved six Breaking New Ground (BNG) projects located at
Zanemvula in the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, Elliotdale in Mbashe municipality, Siyanda in Mnquma municipality, Ngangelizwe in KSD municipality, Thornhill in Ndlambe municipality and Duncan Village in Buffalo City municipality will yield a total of 69 200 units at project completion. During 2010/11 we have a target of 5 685 housing units.
The Thornhil project in Ndlambe is a typical example of a mixed mode BNG development project with emphasis on low and middle income integration. These projects will be implemented in collaboration with key housing and financial partners like Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), Amalgamated Banks of Southern Africa (ABSA) Development Corporation and National Housing Finance Corporation (NHFC) together with the affected municipalities. It is important to mention though that bulk Infrastructure continues to be a serious impediment in some of the projects.
4.3. Emergency housing assistance or disasters
The department is finalising a provincial emergency housing plan which is aimed at fast tracking a speedy response to disasters. Procurement of more temporary shelters is at final stages of acquisition. In addition 163 temporary sanitation systems have been erected in Wentzel Park and Kwanonkqubela communities in Alexandria (Cacadu district municipality), Vergenoeg and Sweetwaters (in Buffalo City Municipality) and as well as in New Rest (in Mnquma municipality).
Furthermore with regards to the emergency housing assistance to disaster hit families, my department will also provide relief when the need arises to destitute individuals who are living in stressful conditions.
The department will also interface and participate in the national and provincial disaster management forums.
5. Budget outlook and housing delivery plan for 2010/11
Honourable Speaker, in our policy and budget speech we informed this house that we were finalising the process of changing the name of the Department from Housing to Human Settlements. Today I rise with pride to pronounce that we are now the Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements.
The name change has re-invigorated and given us clarity of vision and purpose with regards to our mandate. It has afforded us an opportunity to reorganise and reposition ourselves to assume the pivotal role of mobilising all sector departments towards the creation of sustainable human settlements.
This is in line with the president’s call in his inaugural speech where he said and I quote: “Human settlements development is a responsibility quite bigger than housing the nation”. This responsibility and extended mandate therefore enjoins us to play a leading role in ensuring that in spaces where we build homes we also provide other critical socio-economic amenities that will be contributed by other sector departments and relevant stakeholders.
It is no secret that the majority of our people are, to a certain extent, still living under appalling conditions despite the fact that our government has over the past years made remarkable strides in addressing the plight of the poor.
Honourable Speaker during the year, we came to understand, that there is inadequate participation of our people in housing delivery and as such we have made a decision to establish a dedicated social facilitation unit as part of the overall reorganisation of the department.
This decision has been motivated by the realisation that, the social “soft” aspects in our housing delivery chain have not received the necessary attention they deserve.
Yet, Honourable Speaker, it is these very ‘soft’ issues that are crucial for ensuring integrated sustainable development, as well as effective participation and ownership of the development process by beneficiaries and communities. This unit will be responsible for, amongst other things:
- facilitating and strengthening relations between stakeholders and customers of the department
- setting up of institutional structures at project level
- promoting public awareness and consumer education relevant to housing projects and
- ensuring capacity building of communities and other stakeholders or institutions.
However, because of the inadequacy of the department’s operational budget, during the 2010 financial year an internal reorganisation process will be undertaken so as to maximise on available resources so that the social aspects in our projects are given the necessary attention.
It should be remembered that it is barely two years since this department was established and therefore it is still fledgling. Notwithstanding this, there is a great expectation that this department should be performing at a higher level than it is currently.
We are also nine months into the fourth term of government therefore the time is opportune for us to redefine in concrete terms our role in improving government performance as directed by the electoral mandate. We want to rise to the call for an outcomes based performance management system introduced by the presidency. This new approach requires focus on high impact priority activities and monitoring of their implementation. We are therefore required to revisit our institutional design and architecture, have solid management and innovative capability to support it.
Honourable Speaker, as this house would know, the outcome relating to human settlements (eighth outcome) is “sustainable human settlements and improved quality of household life”.
This house will agree with me that this is by no means a small job. The current reality is that the policy of segregation dating back to the colonial era has shaped human settlements in the country along racial and class lines. This has resulted in the exclusion of large sections of our population from the economic, social and environmental benefits of vibrant, integrated sustainable urban development.
As such the limited employment opportunities in the province and increase in the rural to urban migration trends has contributed to a steady growth of informal settlements in urban areas, in particular, BCM and NMBM.
The net result is an increased demand and expenditure on social (health, housing and education) services and enabling (transport, water and sanitation) infrastructure and increased burden on the natural resources in these areas.
The number of informal settlements in the Eastern Cape according to Census 2001 was 205. This translated into an estimated housing need totalling 117 719 units with a present estimated funding requirement of R9.4 billion. It is clear that these estimates have grown exponentially since 2001. The current allocation to the province is wholly inadequate to address the continued mushrooming of settlements, and that the department will have to look toward strategic partners to further assist in the eradication of informal settlements as well as explore the use of alternative technologies.
Acknowledging the above scenario the current government has adopted the medium term strategic framework (MTSF) for the mandate period 2009 to 2014 in July 2009. The Provincial MTSF did likewise and as the department of human settlements we are today reaffirming and giving impetus our policy priorities as outlined in my previous policy speech. In pursuing these priorities we shall be emphasising on combating fraud and corruption.
Informed by the context as stated above and the desired outputs for the Human Settlements nationally, namely:
- accelerate delivery of housing opportunities
- access to basic services
- more efficient land utilisation
- improving property market
In 2010/11 the department will do the following in its quest to contribute to the aforementioned outputs:
5.1. Accelerate delivery of housing opportunities
The department will speed the work that has commenced in the delivery of the identified high impact human settlements projects. The Community Residential Unit (CRU) programme which will provide for secure stable rental tenure for lower income groups (persons with an income of between R800 and R3 500 per month) will be our leverage focus in a struggle against homelessness. This is a fairly new programme.
The department, in consultation with municipalities is identifying land that will be set aside in the following municipalities for piloting of the CRU: Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, Lukhanji, Kouga, Camdeboo, King Sabata Dalindyebo and Intsika Yethu.
In addition, four social housing projects (phase five Emerald Sky 176 units, Reservoir Mews 429 units, Southernwood 249 units,
Park Towers 136) have been identified, approved and funded.
5.2. More efficient land utilisation
The department has initiated the project to acquire suitable strategically located land in order to address the apartheid spatial legacy, intervene in the housing market and promote inclusive housing. This remains fundamental in order to improve the property market. The acquired land will be developed to replace informal settlements, develop rental stock and promote mixed income groupings covering low and middle income persons.
In this financial year the department will acquire four land parcels with a total estimated extent of 50 hectares.
5.3. Improving property market
These are our phase one mixed mode development in Port Alfred (Thornhill), Ngangelizwe, Duncan village, Hunters Retreat and South End. In Ngangelizwe, KSD municipality five show houses utilising alternative building methods are currently under construction.
In phase two of the Thornhill project, internal services have been completed and show houses depicting six different typologies have been completed. The project is a typical example of a mixed mode BNG development with emphasis on low and middle income integration.
Projects at a feasibility stage include Duncan village, Elundini, and Siyanda. These inclusive or mixed mode housing development projects have potential to encourage private sector investment to lower income housing and struggling gap market segment.
The department targets to deliver 22 000 quality units in 2010/11. This will translate to 88 000 people having access to adequate shelter. The focus on regeneration of the inner city and development of well located land stands to broaden the housing assistance programme to accommodate higher density and address increasing demand for rental housing in urban areas.
5.4. Access to basic services
A critical element of an adequate shelter is access to basic services. To this end the department will install services in 8 000 sites
5.5. Rural settlement development
Through MUNIMEC and forward planning, the department is reviving the peoples housing process mechanism to upscale rural housing development.
In this financial year we will commence with the implementation of the 29 approved housing projects. The total value of these projects is approximately R696 million at completion of the projects. 10 000 shelters will be delivered at the completion of these projects by the end of the MTEF period.
For 2010/11 financial year, the department plans to deliver 2 114 units that are located, in the main, within the OR Tambo and Alfred Nzo district municipalities, and this will be done with a budget figure of R117 million.
In Mhlontlo municipality, we have identified two wards as pilot sites (ward two and 13) for rural development where all departments will collaborate in delivery of services. We have prioritised 10 destitute families under the vulnerable group programme and have already approved subsidies for them. As we present this policy and budget speech, construction is underway. This pilot projects will be rolled out over two financial years.
Human Settlements MINMEC has in August 2009 approved in principle a Rural Housing Individual Voucher programme, wherein the government seeks to speed up improvement of housing conditions of people in rural areas. The voucher system enables beneficiaries to claim the housing subsidy to acquire building materials that they will utilise to build their own homes.
This voucher programme will be piloted in the province with projects that are located at Umzimvubu and Intsika Yethu municipalities. Lessons learnt from these pilots will inform the housing sector nationally on the further roll out of the programme.
5.6. Capacity of the organisation
Honourable Speaker, in his State of the Nation’s address, the President of the Republic of South Africa, Comrade Jacob Zuma pronounced on the new shift in how government execute its mandate. In that government should “work faster, harder and smarter” and that ours is the task to “build a performance oriented state, through improved planning, monitoring and evaluating and well defined outcomes”.
As a department we are informed by these instructions and have agreed to respond in the manner that makes us part of the team. We have since been informed that we are required to build an exceptional capable department in a quest to execute the tasks with which we are entrusted and thus taking our share in delivering a successful developmental state.
This has meant that the right personnel should be placed in the correct positions. Where this is not the case, department should implement corrective measures, through training and redeployment, as and where warranted.
In looking back to our assertions and a need to conform to national re-engineering paradigm our challenge is the state of our monitoring and evaluation capacity. It is our intention to be more visible at the coal face of delivery to complement our monitoring and evaluation and ensure a more proactive approach to delivery.
Honourable speaker a solid and grounded institution is a key enabler for delivery. Despite the proven inadequacies of the equitable share allocation, the department will continue with its Institution Building programme with a clear focus on the following outputs:
- Promote sound good corporate governance including fighting fraud and corruption
- Improving organisational mechanisms for planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting towards a more coherent and integrated approach to service delivery
- We need to revisit the recently developed service delivery model in order for the department to execute the expanded mandate of leading sustainable human settlements
- Retention and recruitment of high quality staff
- Enable ongoing professional development of employees to enhance knowledge, skills and right attributes
6. Departmental budget outlook for 2010/11
Honourable Speaker, the table below details both the qualitative and quantitative insight to the intended overall housing delivery for my department.
6.1 Deliverables and targets
Land acquisition: 50 hectares (four parcels)
Title deeds transfer: 12 000 title deeds
Social and rental housing: 970 houses
Site services: 8 000 sites
Alternative technology: four projects
Rectification: 4 280 houses
Integrated residential development program: 22 000 houses
Job creation: 9 500 jobs
We recognise that resources are scarce and therefore there is a need to work smarter. It is equally true that our sector requires hands-on foot soldiers at every milestone from project conceptualisation to close out.
This house will recall that in my 2009/10 policy speech I indicated the misalignment of the Equitable Share budget with the conditional grant. This remains an area of serious concern to the department as it impacts negatively on essential operational activities that have a direct bearing on the conditional grant e.g.
- capacity development of municipalities
- de-registration of missing or untraceable beneficiaries
- accurate planning processes for current and future housing development projects
- department’s intervention on distressed social housing projects.
- critical vacancies that emanate as a consequence of our expanded mandate (unable to fund critical vacancies in the current structure)
Honourable Speaker, we are grateful of the two percent increase in our equitable share. The department’s budget for creation of integrated and sustainable human settlements during 2010/11 is comprised of housing conditional grant and equitable share allocation, and stands as follows:
Table one: budget overview of Department of Housing 2010/11
- Budget category
- Housing conditional grant
Total allocation: R1.599.146 billion
Percentage of overall budget: 88
- Equitable share
Total allocation: R226.903 million
Percentage of overall budget: 12
The departmental Budget Allocation split by programmes is presented below.
Table two: departmental budget for 2010/11
- Programmes budget allocation for 2010/11
Administration: R93.410.355 (5.12 percent)
Housing Planning and Research: R17.066.627 (0.93 percent)
Housing Development: R1.708.369.053 (93.56 percent)
Housing Assets Management: R7.202.964 (0.39 percent)
Total: R1.826.049.000 (100 percent)
Conclusion
Honourable Speaker, as I conclude I wish to reiterate the fact that the department is committed to the implementation and realisation of the ANC policy priorities as encapsulated in its Manifesto and other related policy documents.
Equally, we are conscious of the constraints posed by the economic climate in which we operate. In mitigating the effects of the budgetary constraints we will mobilise and leverage upon all available resources through forging strategic partnerships to ensure that the reasonable expectations of our people are met.
Also, with some form of additional financial and human resources injection from the national and provincial fiscus, we are confident that we will be able to achieve more, better and faster
Source: Department of Housing, Eastern Cape Provincial Government
