Intsika Yethu LM HSP 08_12.pdf - Provincial Spatial Development ...

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projects. The municipality undertakes beneficiary identification, dealings with DoH and
financial control. The SDF is used as a basis for directing new housing projects.
DEPARTMENTAL STAFF DISTRIBUTION
Dept. Senior Middle Prof. Supervisory Gen.workers Total
Man. Man. staff
Mun.Man. 1 1 6 1 4 12
Corp. 1 1 3 1 14 20
service
Comm. 1 3 8 3 40 55
Services
Finance 1 1 7 2 11
Works 1 1 4 3 28 37
Total 5 7 28 10 86 135
Percent. 3 5 22 7 63 100
The high number of “general workers” in the Community Services Dept. is a noted matter
for concern. The IDP does not state the required number of posts contained in the
organogram - staff shortages are therefore not noted.
5. CONCLUDING KEY ISSUES
The Intsika Yethu Municipality reports that not a single housing project has yet been
completed either due to lack of subsidy funding, access to land delays, land tenure
difficulties, blocking of approved projects and/or inadequate capacity to implement
projects. The key issues identified in the situation analysis include the following:
The housing stock is mainly rural in nature but vulnerable to disasters due to the
climatic characteristics in the area, disasters from high winds, flash flooding, hail
and veld fires;
The rural character results in a desire to upgrade rural homesteads but this is not
possible because of the communal land tenure and requirements that
beneficiaries have individual tenure;
The two towns of Cofimvaba and Tsomo experience increased frustration with
the lack of progress in housing delivery due to the reasons expressed above;
The population is believed to be stable or even declining, meaning that the
housing demand is unlikely to grow. There would accordingly be merit in
considering future strategies to build new homes or carry out in-situ upgrading (or
both).
6. HOUSING STRATEGY
6.1 Housing Vision and Mission
The housing vision of the Intsika Yethu municipality is as follows;