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August 2015
Housing
Streamlining
operations,
expanding the
inspection staff
complement and
increasing the number
of site visits by
inspectors, during the
home building process,
has put the
National Home
Builders Registration
Council (NHBRC) on a
firm footing.
ROAD TO REVIVAL
NHBRC
S
ince the NHBRC embarked on
the road to redemption, it has
cleaned the slate and its contri-
bution to the sector and newbenefits
are unparalled compared to its past.
The state entity has undergone a
metamorphosis in the past two years,
and finally the housing sector and
consumers are seeing real benefits.
Tasked with inspections, enrol-
ments and providing support to de-
velopers, builders and stakeholders,
its new programmes and approach
is one of partnering and not policing.
With the NHBRC’s role escalat-
ing and expanding this has been a
massive undertaking as inspections
include the entire residential spec-
trum - from the simplest rural home
to the most lavish palatial Sandhurst
residence in Johannesburg - resi-
dential developments countrywide,
alterations and upgrades.
The NHBRC’s mandate is to en-
sure that housing consumers are
protected and that home builders,
developers, local, provincial and
national housing projects are all
enrolled, inspected and comply with
building standards.
The NHBRC’s enrolment fee pro-
vides assurance in the event that
there is structural damage and will
enable the state entity to rectify the
damage on behalf of the consumer,
provided the builder is registered
and that the house is enrolled with
the NHBRC.
CEO, Mongezi Mnyani’s name is
synonymous with hard work and lis-
tening to him discuss how much the
NHBRC has accomplished in such a
short time frame, is impressive.
Mnyan i says tha t wi th 200
inspectors’ currently operational and
over 450 000 inspections carried out
annually, this number is increasing
exponentially as the Minister of Hu-
man Settlements aims to deliver 1,5
million houses by 2019. The NHBRC
recently rolled out a series of road-
shows to showcase newprogrammes
to assist builders, developers and
new entrants.
BUILDERS’ BENEFITS
The NHBRC has streamlined the en-
rolment system and the time frame
for the issuing of enrolment certifi-
cates has also shortened to between
three to five days. Mnyani adds that
the state entity has received acco-
lades for these improvements.
Enrolment certificates have a