The HDA’s first month with full time staff and a newly opened office in the Free State has been very active with municipal visits and presentations to the four municipalities that form part of the Free State Medium-Term Operational Plan, namely Metsimaholo, Mangaung, Moqhakaand Dihlabeng, as well as Xhariep.
The Western Cape Implementation Protocol (IP) was concluded on 25 June 2012, signed by the HDA CEOTaffy Adler, and Head of Department of Human Settlements Western Cape MbuleloTshangana.
The HDA is the implementing agent for the Bendor Extension 100 development as part of the Agency’s Medium Term Operational Plan with Limpopo. Bendor Extension 100 was introduced by the Limpopo Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs Department (COGHSTA) in 2007 to facilitate the development of a classical integrated human settlement in a well-located area that provides convenient access to urban amenities, including places of employment.
Boystown Phase one on the N2 Gateway has been a troubled project in many ways having experienced numerous delays, mostly due to disputes between the groups within the community. Despite these delays, the first 11 houses were handed to approved beneficiaries by the Western Cape Premier Helen Zille and Western Cape MEC Human Settlements BonginkosiMadikizela. The handover took place on Thursday, 24 May.
The government’s decision to recognise progress in Cape Town’s troubled N2 Gateway project –by awarding it the Govan Mbeki award for the best priority human settlements project of 2012 – is evidence of the advances that have been made in improving the quality of life for the thousands of people settled along the city’s N2 highway.
