Housing in Southern Africa December 2015

H O U S I N G in Southern Africa

ED’S NOTES

The sector's shift shapers

With so many exciting Catalytic Projects on the horizon for 2016 it bodes well for a positive and thriving housing sector. The banking sector are still making things happen for developers and each have carvedout a solidmarket, whichdespite the challenges in theeconomy are still performing and delivering bonds.

THE TEAM

EDITOR Carol Dalglish housing@crown.co.za ADVERTISING Brenda Grossmann brendag@crown.co.za DESIGN

T h e M i n i s t e r o f H uma n Settlements, Lindiwe Sisulu, has made a number of moves to ensure that she has a team that will not only follow her direction but deliver on their promises. We under- stand that the Minister makes sure that at the time of appointing people to top posts that they also need to know that their pre-signed letter of resignation will be utilised if they fail to perform. The no-nonsenseMinister expects everyone involved to match her passion for housing delivery and vision going forward. Changes to the current Develop- ment Finance Institutions’ roles and mandate will be streamlined under one state entity, and the changes are expected to be solidified in the new financial year. Although it has been mooted for many years it ap- pears it will happen in 2016. This will affect the National Housing Finance Corporation, NURCHA and the Rural Housing Loan Fund. This year was one of revolving doors in government aswe said good- bye to Taffy Adler as the CEO of the Housing Development Agency (HDA) and the amicable Department of Human Settlements Director General, Thabane Zulu, took over Taffy’s posi- tion for a brief spell. No sooner had he settled in and he was snapped up by the Department of Energy as Director General. We welcome Pascal Moloi who has taken up the challenge to take the HDA to even greater heights and deliver on an expandedmandate as a one-stop housing shop. Yusuf Patel swopped his role at Basil Read to offer his services as an independent consultant and his wealth of experience has benefitted many organisations. He recently as- sisted the Minister of Human Settle- ments, Lindiwe Sisulu to facilitate sessions between government and developers and contractors and host workshops with the Minister. There were changes to the Coun- cil at the National Home Builders Reg i s t ra t i on Coun c i l a s Ab - bey Chikane was appointed as

Chairperson, to oversee the state’s regulatory authority and work with Mongezi Mnyani and his team. Rory Gallocher leaves the Johan- nesburg Social Housing Company (JOSHCO) to take up the top job as CEO at the Social Housing Regulatory Authority andwewish himall the very best in his new role at SHRA. This year has whizzed by and we would like to thank all our readers and advertisers for their continued support, comments and suggestions, we wish you all a very happy holiday and a prosperous New Year!

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December 2015