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June 2015

Housing

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

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

“ 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