HDA Annual Report

ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24

The Agency owns 243 assets totalling 822,0007 hectares of land and buildings. The collection of properties comprises inner-city structures in Braamfontein, Johannesburg and Sea Point, Cape Town. As part of a variety of instruments targeted towards providing affordable housing, inner-city properties are a part of inner-city revitalisation, and the buildings are designated for inner-city human settlement development. The vacant land parcels are planned for development under several human settlement programmes in collaboration with the private sector and are now in various phases of land preparation. The HDA needs to develop innovative ways of turning these assets into sustainable human settlements for people who have been forced to ‘live in-between’. To improve on its second mandate, the HDA implements strategies to expedite housing unit delivery, serviced sites, title deeds, and emergency housing provision through weekly project tracking tools and steering committee meetings. This has led to continuous improvement, which is expected to continue in the coming years.

Let me take this opportunity to thank the board, as the three-year term comes to an end, led by Hosi Pheni Ngove for the work they have done in stabilising the agency.

.... people who work and live in cities desire better living spaces for their daily lives that offer safety and security.

Taking the Agency from the one marred with allegations of corruption and nepotism, with weekly negative media coverage to an agency that has been branded with better performance. The lifestyle audit that has started and driven by the board will surely take this Agency to not only clean governance but an institution that can be used as a model to show for a good turn around strategy. Let me also thank the executive team led by Mr Bheki Khenisa, and the rest of the staff in the Agency for your work and effort.

Mmamoloko Kubayi, MP Minister For Human Settlements

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