To date in excess of 68 000 hectares of publicly owned land has been identified by the HDA for human settlement development. The following land has been submitted for release and, in some instances, approved for release: A total of 13 598 hectares has been formally submitted for release from custodian departments.
A ministerial visit, which included the media, private sector representatives, community members and senior officials from all spheres of government, was held at Joe Slovo Phase 3 human settlement on Wednesday 9 May.
The Zanemvula project in the Eastern Cape won best priority award at the Eastern Cape leg of the Govan Mbeki awards ceremony on Tuesday 24 April. The HDA was appointed by the Eastern Cape Province as implementing agent on the project. The event was attended by Nicholas Tsewu and Ivan Stevenveldt from the HDA’s Port Elizabeth office. Mr Tsewu, HDA’s Zanemvula Operations Manager, is thrilled with the award and says “finally the HDA’s hard work and delivery on the project has been recognised”.
The Board of the Housing Development Agency (HDA) is deeply concerned at the Sunday Independent’s misleading coverage today of a labour dispute involving one of its employees.
In July 2011, the HDA embarked on a one-year mentorship programme for project managers and project administrators in collaboration with the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s Department of Building and Human Settlement Development.
