{"id":49916,"date":"2022-03-31T10:59:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T08:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/kontsiwe-engages-stakeholders-on-accelerated-housing-delivery-20220329\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T21:59:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T19:59:55","slug":"kontsiwe-engages-stakeholders-on-accelerated-housing-delivery-20220329","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/kontsiwe-engages-stakeholders-on-accelerated-housing-delivery-20220329\/","title":{"rendered":"Kontsiwe engages stakeholders on accelerated housing delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eastern Cape Human Settlements MEC, Nonceba Kontsiwe, has called on all stakeholders in the human settlements sector to partner with the department in achieving its strategic mission of providing quality, integrated and sustainable human settlements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kontsiwe had delivered an address at the department\u2019s post policy speech stakeholder engagement session in East London recently, where she emphasised speeding up housing delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur Minister, Mmamokolo Kubayi, has charged us to speed up housing delivery in this province, as it is urgent business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is urgent business when there are still elderly people living in mud structures, when there are still disabled people who are displaced, when there are still homeless military veterans and children who are homeless. We must work hard not to fail them,\u201d said Kontsiwe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the attendees was the Human Settlements Deputy Minister, Pam Tshwete, who emphasised speeding up the issuing of title deeds as part of restoring the dignity of the homeowners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe need to fast track the issue of title deeds. We even give out grants to provinces but to my surprise most of the provinces when I entered this department were not using that grant. What is the problem? We are now saying, if you don\u2019t use the money, we take it from you,\u201d said Tshwete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_ee6b8502\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/1901\/789ee28632884c79baf350179141adb2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9cec79c826434dd08f640fd572e0a124.jpg\" title=\"Human Settlements Deputy Minister, Pamela Tshwete, also addressed the session and called for accelerated issuing of title deeds to housing beneficiaries.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Human Settlements Deputy Minister, Pamela Tshwete, also addressed the session and called for accelerated issuing of title deeds to housing beneficiaries.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Head of the Centre for Trans-disciplinary Studies at the University of Fort Hare, Dr Luvuyo Dondolo, has commended the department on the work it is doing, saying there\u2019s room for innovative ways to improve its service delivery model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn my view, the department needs to improve the quality, not just the quantity, of housing. 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