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PRESENTATION TO NCOP BY MEC. LIMPOPO: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HOUSING 23 JANUARY 2006. THE PRESENTATION WILL COVER THE FOLLOWING:. PURPOSE OF EACH GRANT HISTORICAL EXPENDITURE PER EACH GRANT FUTURE ALLOCATIONS (MTEF) CASH-FLOW AND EXPENDITURE TO DECEMBER 2005
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PRESENTATION TO NCOP BY MEC LIMPOPO: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HOUSING 23 JANUARY 2006
THE PRESENTATION WILL COVER THE FOLLOWING: • PURPOSE OF EACH GRANT • HISTORICAL EXPENDITURE PER EACH GRANT • FUTURE ALLOCATIONS (MTEF) • CASH-FLOW AND EXPENDITURE TO DECEMBER 2005 • CHALLENGES AND DEPARTMENTAL INTERVENTIONS
PURPOSE OF THE GRANT INTERGRATED HOUSING AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT GRANT (IHAHSD) • To finance the implementation on national housing programme and to facilitate habitable, stable and sustainable human settlements
HUMAN SETTLEMENT REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (HSRP) • To fund projects that aim to improve the quality of the environment by identifying dysfunctionalities in human settlements
MUNICIPAL SUPPORT PROGRAMME / MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT • Capacitate municipalities in areas which will make municipalities viable. • Support municipalities in basic service delivery, Local Economic Development, Financial viability, Organisational transformation, and Governance (public participation)
CHALLENGES • Municipalities re-directing approved project scope causing delay to implement new projects on demarcation of sites • Shortage of clay bricks in the province. • Contractors appointed experienced difficulties in acquiring finance to buy materials for construction.
Challenges (cont.) • Delays in the survey of land by municipality derail implementation plans of the projects • Delays in implementing contracts by developers • Payment claims partly rejected because of duplicated claims by developers
DEPARTMENTAL INTERVENTIONS • 2005/2006 financial year units were distributed along 26 Municipalities in the Province. • Project Managers were deployed at those 26 Municipalities to manage the projects • The Department is experiencing capacity due to unfilled Project Managers positions
DEPARTMENTAL INTERVENTIONS (cont) • Specification was amended to use cement bricks as per individual contractors. • Letters were issued to all Municipalities informing them about the usage of alternative bricks. • Contractors were urged/reminded to use the specified the material as per Departmental plans.
The End • Thank you