Housing in Southern Africa July 2015

Programme & Fund Management NURCHA’s Programme and Fund Management portfolio has successfully facilitated delivery of 8 622 houses, provided and disbursed R1 058 billion in the current financial year. T he development finance in- stitution continues to provide essential services and support

manage its service providers to deliv- er better value and quality products. The Eastern Cape Rural Develop- ment Programme entails the con- struction of housing units across the Umzimvubu, Mhlontlo and Intsika Yethu municipal rural areas. NUR- CHA introduced a new implemen- tation model to replace the pilot Voucher Scheme with conventional contracting systems. There is a need to improve the pro- gramme offering in order to attract local contractors. Some of the initial objectives have been met such as training for local labour and utilising local enterprises. The Contractor Finance and Development Programme (CFDP) was created to support and promote small- and medium-size emerging contractors todevelop into successful and sustainable construction enter- prises, through training, mentoring

and the provision of bridging finance. The CFDP programme has failed to gain momentum as the provincial and municipal departments could not ensure a steady flow of projects to small contractors. NURCHA was tasked with pro- viding programme management services for the Bucket Eradication Programme initiative led by the National Department of Human Settlements, the Eastern Cape De- partment of Human Settlements, the National Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, in the Eastern Cape. With NURCHA’s assistance, the DWS replaced 2 672 bucket systems. There are still chal- lenges to fully eradicate buckets due to lack of Infrastructure and water supply. The designof sewer andwater reticulationnetworks havebeen com- pleted and the DWS will ensure that construction commences shortly. ■

to Provincial Departments of Hu- man Settlements and Municipalities across the country. According toNUR- CHA Programme Manager, Kgositsile Sedumedi, this support is evident in five key programmes: Free State Technical Support; Vulindlela; East- ern Rural Development; Eastern Cape Bucket Eradication and the Contractor Finance andDevelopment Programme. NURCHA assisted the Department of Human Settlements in the Free State by providing design, construc- tion and monitoring services and developing a Geographic Information System. These initiatives are aimed at improving the provincial Depart- ment’s decision-making processes and enable it to perform quality as- surance, technical verifications and

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