To promote the achievement of non racial, integrated society through the development of sustainable human settlements and quality housing.

EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE

• Area :169 580 km2

• Population :6.5 million

• Rural :4000 135
• Urban :2 506 129

• Housing backlog :750 812

• Rural :557 804
• Urban :199 904

• Informal Settlements :105

• The plan has been launched in three municipal areas in the Province, name:

• Mbashe Municipality at Amathole District Municipality

- Elliotdale Profile

• Buffalo City Municipality

- Duncan Village

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality

- Soweto-On-Sea

MBASHE MUNICIPALITY: ELLIOTDALE PROFILE

• Population 246 164
• Rural 240 902
• Urban 262

BUFFALLO MUNICIPALITYCITY

• Duncan Village
• Population 686 171
• Urban :503 216
• Rural182-955
• Housing backlog: 61 420

• Population 969 420
• Urban 944888
• Rural 24532
• Housing Back log: 77 000

10 YEAR BUDGET IMPLICATION: 105 INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS

Facilitation :R 129

Interim Service :R 226

Pre Planing :R 59

Land Acquisition :R 160

Project Management :R 309

Social Amenities :R 82

Relocation :R 59

Housing Subsidies :R 1 024

Total : R 7000m

PROGRESS TO DATE

MBASHE MUNICIPALITY

• Area identified: Mbashe local municipality
• Comprising of towns

• Dutywa
• Elliotdale
• Willowvale peri urban rural settlements

Identified administrative area for pilot: Elliotdale area

MBASHE LOCAL CONTEXT

• Primary needs expressed relate to infrastructure delivery viz.; roads, water , sanitation, electricity and housing

Land need

Tenure reform process is a priority

Poverty

Worst off in terms of district poverty index plan

Economic potential

Community based commercial projects are identified but, Further LED opportunities are required to address poverty

MBASHE PROCESS TO DATE

• Funding for planning & survey has been sourced by Amathole District Municipality

• Correspondence for pilot Identification was sent in May/June 2005 to Department Housing, Local Government and Traditional Affairs.

• Subsequent correspondence to Mbashe Local Municipality

• Processed to be integrated with the planning & survey project which Amathole District Municipality is engaged in;

• Memorandum of agreed has been entered into between Amathole District Municipality and Mbashe (signed) - allow Amathole being an implementing agent (powers and functions) concluded on August 2005.

• Meeting between 2 municipalities held on 12 August 2005 to agree on process to be followed.[ In principle approval granted].

• Presentation by Amathole District Municipality in a Joint session with Buffalo City Municipality to share lessons learnt and promote horizontal co-operative governance.

KEY CHALLENGE:

• To recognize the rural character of Elliotdale. To build where people are residing rather than Township Establishment

DUNCAN VILLAGE-WHO ARE WE PLANNING FOR?

• Duncan village is home to between 80, 000people

• Total of about 21,000 dwellings:

• 6,000 formal
• 15 000 informal

• 11 500 free standing shacks

• 3,500 backyard shacks

BECAUSE OF THE PHENOMENON OF MULTI OCCUPANCY, ASSUMED HOUSING NEED IS 20 000 UNITS

DUNCAN VILLAGE-KEY PRINCIPLES ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS

• The relocation dilemma it is unavoidable : because:

• People live in areas that are not developable e.g. flooding
• High shack density cannot be replicated in an acceptable formalized form.

• Some key principles:-

• Holding areas for temporary use
• Block clearance to maintain Social Networks
• Move from 1 shack to one 1 house

• Planning and implementation conceived as a two phase process:-

• -Phase 1: Planning studies
• Phase 2 Implementation

• Delays experienced in phase one due to funding constraints but the Province assisted with funding.

• But delays have given time for Ideas to mature

Phase 1 Duncan Village Spatial Development Framework

Phase 1a: Project initiation

Phase 1b:data collection and development programmes and budgets

Phase 1c: formulation of development framework.

Phase 1 d: Identification of development programmes and budgets.

Phase 1e: Buffalo City planning approval.

Phase 2 physical redevelopment /implementation.

Phase 2a: housing project initiation and beneficiary/registration.

Phase 2b: town planning, land preparation urban architectural design and engineering design.

Phase 2c: engineering services installation and construction of 4 000 initial housing units.

Phase 2d: construction of ancillary facilities e.g.

Phase 2e: construction of 16 000 units

• Duncan Village could accommodate approximately 25% of the current population

• 75% of the Community must therefore be relocated

• The current relocation cost parameters are inadequate and needs to be revisited with NDOH.

• Housing subsidies for relocation

Background

• Soweto on Sea is situated approximately 15km from the central business District of port Elizabeth in Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality. The township with an undefined boundry has a population of over 80 000 people.

• A generalised characterisation of the population of Soweto on Sea is that it consist who are under employed, poorly educated whose health as at risk and who hardly have any resources to allow for the planning of their future.

• Chronology of events-

• Provincial workshops held with Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Council and ward Committees no 04 December 2004 on the following topics:

- Breaking new ground in housing delivery

- Project Consolidate

• Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality formally approved of Soweto on Sea as a pilot project June 2005- June 2005.

• Nelson Mandela Municipality delegates attended NDOH policy dissemination workshop-May 2005.

SOWETO ON SEA

• Further engagement between the department and the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipalities during July 2005 to start with formal planning of the Soweto on Sea informal upgrading initiative.

• Meeting between National Department Housing, the Provincial Department Housing and NMMM on31 August 2005 to start to develop an institutional framework for the project which comprises.

• JV Management Committee

• Steering Committee

• Management Team

• Professional Team

KEY CHALLENGES

• Beneficiaries residing on small serviced sites,e.g. 70 square metres.

• -High expectations have been created that the beneficiaries (even those with subsidy housing) will be allowed to relocate away from sites smaller than 150square metres

• De -registration of subsidy beneficiaries

• Housing subsidies for relocation

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