Invitation to a policy budget speech presentation

10 May 2010

The Department of Human Settlements will be presenting its Policy Budget Speech for the year 2010/11 at the Provincial Legislature on Tuesday afternoon.

Some of the issues to be presented by the MEC for the Department of Human Settlements will include achievements the department has realised during the last financial year in various programmes. What challenges the department faced and how they were resolved. Technical challenges in so far as building quality houses and the shortage of building inspectors in the province.

The backlog in housing has been one of the biggest challenges in housing provision. Currently more that 260 000 families need housing and the number is growing each year. The number is constantly growing as more farm workers are being evicted from farms where they had stayed their whole lives. The MEC will also present how projects in province have progressed in terms of meeting their deadlines. The department met with the contractors throughout the province, in attempting to identifying challenges and he will try to resolve the slow delivery process.

There is also the issue of governance where the MEC is expected to say what strategy the department will employ to deal with corruption, prompt payment to service providers and challenges of abandonment of projects in the province. The new mandate for the department includes providing housing, public amenities and assisting with employment opportunities in their area. This will also encourage collective delivery where sister departments work together to improve service delivery. The MEC will also explain how integrated service will help improve services.

The MEC for the Department of Human Settlements Mr Madala Masuku invites representatives from the local media houses to a Policy and Budget Speech scheduled as follows:

Date: 11 May 2010

Venue: Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature
Time: 14h00

Your attendance will be highly appreciated.

RSVPs:

Freddy Ngobe
Tel: 013 766 6014
Cell: 082 859 4630

Arthur Ndlovu
Tel: 013 766 6293
Cell: 072 203 3315

Issued by: Department of Human Settlements, Mpumalanga Provincial Government
10 May 2010