The HDA recently acquired 100 hectares of privately-owned land near the Hartbeespoort area in Brits, Madibeng Municipality. The land is earmarked to accommodate 3 500 mixed-income households.
The HDA accepted an invitation by the South African Planning Institute (SAPI) to participate in its biennial conference, held in Durban. The conference took place from 19-22 October 2014, and was themed “Making Great Places”.
The HDA Land Holding department was initiated in 2010. Today the HDA has 16 properties in its portfolio, with the potential of increasing this number.
In order to deliver on its mandate – the release of suitable land for the creation of sustainable human settlements – the HDA developed a GIS or geographic information system tool called LaPsis (Land and Property Spatial Information System).
A mural of a former Minister of Housing (Human Settlements) and anti-apartheid activist, Joe Slovo, was installed in Joe Slovo Phase 3C facing the N2 in Cape Town. The HDA organised the logistics for the mural
