The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Human Settlements Department hosted an Urban Human Settlements Dialogue on 5 and 6 December 2013 in preparation for an overall KZN Human Settlements Summit planned for early 2014.
The HDA is set to introduce an ‘ethics hotline’ in February. Both our Act and our fraud and risk prevention policy state that we must have a HOTLINE.
The hotline facility is managed by Vuvuzela in line with the Protected Disclosures Act, No 26 of 2000 and complies with the Public Finance Management Act (Act No 1 of 1999 as amended). The service level agreement between Vuvuzela and the HDA provides for the total independence of the hotline management, and guaranteed anonymity of reporters; within the parameters of the law.
In partnership with the National Department of Human Settlements National Upgrade Support Programme (NUSP) technical team, the City of Johannesburg and the Northern Cape Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs (CoGHSTA), the HDA facilitated three workshops in Johannesburg in September and October 2013.
As part of the drive by the new Minister of Human Settlements to eradicate the bucket system, the Department of Human Settlements officially appointed the HDA as the implementing agent for the bucket eradication programme in the Western Cape.
The Housing Development Agency has developed and deployed an information system that includes municipal profiles for selected mining town municipalities.
