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Settlements HOUSING Infrastructure in Southern Africa novemBER 2014 The Road to Redemption www.crown.co.za November 2014 SISULU’S SECTOR CONTRACT • R1BN FOR TOWNSHIP ECONOMIEs November 2014 HOUSING in Southern Africa CONTENTS NEWS 2 Ed’s Notes 4 R290m for Housing in 14 Mining Towns 4 R235m Underspent on Rural Infrastructure 4 R300m for Student Accommodation 9 9 Killarney – Mecca for Young Professionals HOUSING 12 Sisulu’s Social Contract with the Housing Sector 13 Limpopo Failed to Spend R500m for Housing 14 Trustees Roles Underestimated 16 Renewed Price Growth Index 18 Estate Agents Survey ENERGY EFFICIENCY, GREEN BUILDING & IBTs 19 Made from Recycled Polystyrene 12 22 Solar Technology for Affordable Housing Special Feature: The NHBRC The Road to Redemption The Inspectorate Centre for Research & Housing Innovation Sweeping Changes for the Sector Women Empowerment Programme BRICKS & PAVING 24 Umhlanga College CEMENT & CONCRETE 22 30 Reusing Building Debris DOORS, WINDOWS, FLOORS & WALLS 32 Flowcoat for SA’s Largest Flooring Project CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT & TRANSPORT 33 New Wheel Loaders INFRASTRUCTURE & MIXED USE 37 R1bn to Improve and Build Township Economies INDUSTRY BUZZ, EVENTS & PRODUCTS 40 Caesarstone Winners 2014 33 November 2014 ED’S NOTES HOUSING Sisulu wants more…….. in Southern Africa At the National Human Settlements Indaba held in October, Minister Lindiwe Sisulu expected most sector players to arrive with a commitment THE TEAM to assist in delivering 1,5 million houses in five years. EDITOR Carol Dalglish [email protected] he Minister quickly put devel- only a question of how far she will opers, associations and sector exceed her target and whether it will ADVERTISING Tstakeholders on the spot as she double, or perhaps be even more! Brenda Grossmann asked everyone for more ….. whether In this issue, we focus on the [email protected] quicker delivery times, a further in- National Home Builders Registration crease in the banking sector charter Council (NHBRC). Our 12 page feature BOARD MEMBER home loans to meet the burgeoning on the state entity tasked with the Jenny Warwick demands, private/public sector as- responsibility for overseeing build- sociations and institutions across the ing code inspections, training and PUBLISHER entire spectrum of housing delivery. enrolments of all new residential Minister Sisulu called each role player housing. With CEO, Mongezi Mnyani in Karen Grant onto the stage to announce what they the top post, he shares his vision and DESIGN would contribute or commit to doing, discusses the new housing bill which in terms of this Social Contract with will have a huge impact on the hous- Colin Mazibuko the Department of Human Settle- ing sector. We look at the inspection ments, to fast track housing delivery. model, the relevant changes to the CIRCULATION A few of the pledges included the legislation, the Women Empower- Karen Smith Chamber of Mines representative, ment Programme and the NHBRC who will seek approval to fund ad- Centre for Research & Housing Inno- READER ENQUIRIES ditional housing. The Black Convey- vation overseen by built environment Radha Naidoo ancers Association has promised to guru, Jeff Mahachi. assist government with the backlog We have included solar technology SUBSCRIPTIONS of title deeds for BNG housing. Nico for low cost and affordable housing Wendy Charles Pienaar, representing the South in this issue and highlight electric- African Readymix Association (SAR- ity generation and the differences PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY: MA) and also the Aggregate and Sand between the solar systems available. Producers Association of Southern Af- Bryan Perrie from The Concrete Crown Publications cc rica (ASPASA) had delegates laughing Institute advocates reusing building Crown House as he referred to ‘the elephant in the debris and the City of Cape Town has room’. The ‘elephant’ is the brown en- given the go ahead for the Desmond Corner Theunis and Sovereign velope stuffed with cash, whether for Tutu Peace Centre housed in the Streets, Bedford Gardens 2007 contracts or tenders, big or small - it Old Granary building in Buitenkant P.O. Box 140 is time for this to stop. Minister Sisulu Street. and her Deputy Minister were amused The new student residences at the Bedfordview 2008 and his comments found favour with Steve Biko Campus at the Durban Tel: (011) 622 4770 the audience. University of Technology will be com- Fax: (011) 615 6108 Many more came on stage to pleted in the first quarter of 2015. And pledge, delegates were queueing at the Gauteng Provincial government email: [email protected] the side of the stage at the Sandton has allocated R1 billion to improve www.crown.co.za Convention Centre to put their names and build township economies. to the Social Contract document We hope that you enjoy reading PRINTED BY: and engage with government to this issue and welcome your com- Tandym Print deliver housing, from cement sup- ments and feedback as usual. pliers, mines, innovative building technology manufacturers, develop- All rights reserved. No part of this ers, builders etc. With only minutes material may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted left for delegates to participate and in any form or by any means, without be acknowledged publicly, the queue prior permission from the publisher. lengthened exponentially. Developers, contractors and build- Disclaimer: Crown Publications can- ers who have issues of payment and not be held responsible for any errors queries, will in future be dealt with or omissions whatsoever. by an appointed Deputy Director General, who will be tasked with investigating the complaint. AVERAGE CIRCULATION Minister Sisulu will certainly make (SECOND QUARTER 2014) the 1,5 million housing target - it is Carol Dalglish • Editor 3757 Govan Mbeki Awards 2014 Best Media Housing in Southern Africa November 2014 November 2014 News R290m for housing in 14 mining towns Government has ring-fenced a total of R2,1 billion for housing projects in 14 mining towns to improve the living and working conditions of mineworkers says Minister in the Presidency, Jeff Radebe. he housing projects will be Agreement for a Sustainable Mining implemented in the Medium- Industry between government, busi- TTerm Expenditure Framework ness and labour. Minister of Mineral period. “A total of R290 million has Resources, Advocate Ngoako Ramatl- been approved for informal settlement hodi, added that the housing projects upgrading for the 2014/15 period in would be done in collaboration with mining towns in Mpumalanga, North the communities. He said the project West, Gauteng, Northern Cape, Lim- was about creating viable communi- popo and the Free State,” says Radebe. ties that would survive, even if the These towns were identified by the mines were no longer operating in Inter-Ministerial Committee on the the areas. Business centres, health Revitalisation of Distressed Mining and educational at facilities would Communities, and forms part of the also be included when developing implementation of the Framework the mining towns. ■ R235 million underspent on rural infrastructure he Department of Human findings further noted that leadership Settlements’ 2013/14 Annual in the department did not exercise TReport showed that the de- effective oversight with regards to partment failed to spend over R100 financial and performance reporting, million of its Rural Households Infra- human resource management and structure Grant (RHIG) programme, monitoring the implementation of and R135 million in the previous action plans. financial year. The annual report also identified The RHIG’s primary purpose is vacancies as a major challenge for the to provide and improve sanitation department. Vacancies include: 42% services such as toilets to rural com- Alliance Shadow Minister of Human for economists; 31% for engineers; munities across South Africa. Since Settlements. 38% for financial and related profes- its inception in 2009, the grant has The Auditor General cited ‘ma- sionals; and 29% for senior managers. been underspent while millions of jor non-compliance with laws and The Department of Human Settle- people in rural South Africa continue regulations in terms of the Public ments continually fails to prioritise to live without basic sanitation, says Finance Management Act (PFMA) and and utilise the funds appropriated Makashule Gana, the Democratic Public Service regulations’. The AG’s to it. ■ R300m for student accommodation he University of Venda construction of student accommoda- Mbati. DBSA Group Executive: Infra- (UNIVEN) has signed a deal tion on campus. structure Financing, Tshokolo Ncho- Twith the Development Bank The agreement will enable the cho, said that international research of Southern Africa (DBSA) for the university to provide approximately has shown that on-campus student 50% to 70% of its total enrolment with accommodation is one of the key suc- accommodation on campus over the cess factors that impacts on student next 10-15 years. performance and results. The Vice-Chancellor and Principal Nchocho said the increase in stu- of UNIVEN, Professor Peter Mbati, dent enrolment would require signifi- said that the construction of more cant investment in higher education residences on campus would contrib- infrastructure. ute to the quality of students’ lives “The Development Bank has, in and contribute to the university’s line with the National Development academic core project. Plan, identified higher education “After completion, the project will infrastructure as one of the primary have a significant impact on increas- pillars to be considered to support ing the number of students residing the government’s development on campus from 18% to 33%,” said agenda.” ■ November 2014 News A quorum required General meetings in sectional title schemes require a quorum and this varies according to the size of the scheme, says sectional title specialist, Michael Bauer. n schemes of up to ten units, 50% of home owners are required. In Ithe schemes of 11 to 50 units, 35% of residents are required and in larger schemes, 20%. If there are insufficient numbers for a quorum, the meeting must be adjourned to the following week on the same day, same time, and at same venue.