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|   April 2017 | 22nd Edition | Working for integration  |
Dear Stakeholders2017 kicked off to a very busy start and it promises to keep us running throughout, it would seem. This can only be great for a "Government's Developer" because it means we are breaking and moving ground all over the country. You will remember that on 21 November last year, we hosted our first Annual Developers' Roundtable where we made public our revised mandate as an Agency. |  |
Home make-over for seven-year old Junaid and family | |
| A dream came true for seven year-old Junaid Arendse and his family as the Minister of Human Settlements, Lindiwe Sisulu visited them at their made-over house on 9 April in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town. |  |
HDA gaining momentum in Gauteng | |
| The Housing Development Agency has partnered with the Gauteng Province to complement provincial capacity in the delivery of human settlements. Through this partnership, which officially began in January 2016, more than 5000 housing units will be built over a two year period. |  |
President Zuma launches biggest social housing project in South Africa | |
| The Westgate Social Housing Project, known as Aloe Ridge was officially launched by His Excellency, President Jacob Zuma on 1 April in Pietermaritzburg. The HDA joined forces with the Department of Human Settlements and sister agencies as well as the provincial and local municipality in organising this launch, which is the biggest social housing project in the country. |  |
HDA assists with military veterans housing in Limpopo | |
| In 2012, the national Department of Military Veterans (DMV) and the national Department of Human Settlements (DHS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) towards the provision of housing for military veterans. In Limpopo province, a total of over 400 beneficiaries that are on the national database of military veterans are in need of housing. |  |
Minister Sisulu visits HDA housing projects and interacts with community in Tshwane | |
| The community of Tshwane was overjoyed to see the Minister of Human Settlements, Honourable Lindiwe Sisulu visiting human settlements projects and interacting with community members on Friday 31 March 2017. The visits occurred in Nellmapius and Bronkhorstspruit within the jurisdiction of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng Province. |  |
Map of the quarter | |
| ⢠The housing need in the Northern Cape is 48 803, this constitutes to 14.9% of the total households in the province ⢠Of the housing need, 28.14% of households live in backyard structures and 58.18% live in informal settlements ⢠32.3% of households has benefited from the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) since 1994 ⢠Should the total housing need be addressed, 46.2% of households in the Northern Cape would have benefited from the RDP |  |
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