Housing in Southern Africa June 2015

Housing

built more than 5 854 houses for our military veterans. There are active projects in eight Provinces, which are in various stages of implementation and expected to yield 2 129 houses; 709 houses will be delivered this year. The total budget available for the current year for the programme including the contribution of the De- partment of Military Veterans, is R177 million. Provinces are expected to ensure that the balance of the units to be delivered in line with the commit- ment I made last year, are budgeted for in the next two years.” Higher Education

young people working and receiving training as estate agents.” Military Veterans “By the end of the M e d i u m T e r m E x p e n d i t u r e Framewor k w e w i l l h a v e

“ With a view to creating and strengthening our

professional crop of staff in the hous- i ng s e c t o r, we have

partnered with vari- ous universities with a view to producing these professionals. The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Univer- sity has produced a four year curriculum in the field of Human Settlement Studies. The university will also host the Chair for Hu- man Settlement in the discipline of Education. The University of Fort Hare will be establish- ing a new Bachelor of Social Science in Hu- man Settlement for the first time during 2015. The University of Witwatersrand is

June 2015