Housing in Southern Africa December 2015

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December 2015
ED’S NOTES
AVERAGE CIRCULATION
(SECOND QUARTER 2015)
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EDITOR
Carol Dalglish
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Govan Mbeki Awards 2014 - Best Media - Housing in Southern Africa
Carol Dalglish • Editor
The sector's shift shapers
Th 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!
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.