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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) – 2023/24 Financial Year

2. 2. Review of the current financial year (2022/23)

2.1 Key achievements

As at the end of the third quarter the department completed 3 083 of the annual planned 7 666. Sites
serviced were 2 860 of the annual planned 6 205 and 371 housing units were rectified from the annual
target of 1 120.

Policy amendments to the Finance Linked Individual Subsidy Programme (FLISP) have now been delinked
and renamed the “Help me buy a Home” Programme. This means that beneficiaries do not need a bond
to benefit but can use other means of sourcing funding such as:

x Housing loans granted or guaranteed by a pension and provident fund;
x Unsecured housing loans from any registered lender;
x Housing loans granted or guaranteed by cooperative- or community-based savings scheme or
stokvels; and
x Housing loans supported by employer-based schemes.

The department approved 243 of the planned 235 units for the Finance Linked Individual Subsidy
Programme (FLISP) and 39 Military Veterans were assessed and verified. 750 destitute and other
vulnerable groups were assessed and verified for housing opportunities.

The department has registered 2 505 title deeds in the following categories: Pre-1994 (70), Post-1994 (2
066), Post-2014 (45) and new title deeds (324).
The Social Facilitation Programme continues to support human settlements development through
customer care, consumer education and social facilitation. The current state of social unrest necessitates
this so that projects are not stalled because of beneficiary disputes or dissatisfaction. The Social
Facilitation Programme has been able to reach 4 485 housing beneficiaries through consumer education
and supported 14 Project Steering Committees in this regard. Primary to the focus of consumer education
is education on ownership and the pre-emptive clause to sales of houses.

115 informal settlements are currently being upgraded in the Amathole, Chris Hani, Joe Gqabi, OR Tambo
and Sarah Baartman Regions. Activities being implemented include water reticulation from the drilled
boreholes, installation of water tanks, grading of roads, installation of sanitation technologies and other
interim services.
The Rental Housing Tribunal continues to regulate and enforce good relations between tenants and
landlords and has resolved 253 disputes. The programme also runs an awareness programme for
municipalities and the public to understand its responsibilities and how to access its services.
Through the implementation of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) 4 944 jobs were created
against a target of 7 500 in the various categories of Women, Youth, Male and people with disabilities. The
Job Strategy further expanded the Emerging Contractor Support Programme whereby SMMEs are
supported through formal training programmes and the provision of sub-contracting opportunities.
The department has an active Youth Brigade established in line with the National Youth Development
Strategy to empower young people. In this current financial year, a total of 200 was targeted and managed
to enrol 100 youth.
Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) support is one of the National and Provincial priority in the
MTSF. The support provided entails the provision of work opportunities, facilitation of training and
development of SMMEs in partnership with NHBRC, Training institutions (SEDA AND CETA). In increasing
the participation of SMMEs in human settlements development, the Department has now included the
30 per cent clause in its Terms of Reference for all projects exceeding R30 million. In this period, the
department has facilitated training for 85 of a planned 80 SMMEs towards sustainable business enterprise.

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