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The Department of Human Settlements (formerly the Department of Housing) is the department under the Ministry of Human Settlements, of the South African government responsible for housing and urban development. Its primary purpose is the implementation of the constitutional mandate
Other cities with a significant share of the country's homeless population was Johannesburg (15.6%), Cape Town (11.9%), and eThekwini (10.1%). [19] Gauteng province had the largest number of homeless people with 25,384 recorded individuals and the Western Cape had the second largest homeless population with a total of 9,743 recorded individuals ...
The Executive Council of Gauteng is the cabinet of the executive branch of the provincial government in the South African province of Gauteng.The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed from among the members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature by the Premier of Gauteng, an office held since October 2022 by Panyaza Lesufi.
In February 2010 the department closed one of its Johannesburg offices due to corruption, [5] and in the same year, a number of officials and staff members appeared in court for alleged corruption and bribery. [6] [7] [8] In January 2011 the department was criticised for its inefficiency, particularly in regard to processing documents.
Land invasion in South Africa is seen as the illegal occupation of land with the intention of erecting dwellings or establishing a settlement on it [1] and is an issue that is affecting various municipalities in South Africa especially in the face of increased urbanisation in bigger metropolitans [2] like The City of Cape Town, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality [3] and the City of ...
Johannesburg is a divided municipality: the poor mostly live in the southern suburbs or on the peripheries of the far north, and the middle- and upper class live largely in the suburbs of the central and north. As of 2012, unemployment is near 25% and most young people are out of work. [4]
The Department of Social Development (DSD) of South Africa is a government department responsible for providing social development, protection, and welfare services to the public. Previously called the Department of Welfare, it was renamed in July 2000. [1] The current Minister of Social Development is Sisisi Tolashe.
Diepsloot is a northern periphery of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and is divided into extensions. Diepsloot is made up of fully government-subsidised housing (RDP) (Extensions 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10), brick houses built by landowners (Extensions 2 and 7), partially government- subsidised houses (Extension 3/Tanganani) as well as shacks (the biggest sections being Extensions 1 ...