Department of Human Settlements

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Department of Human Settlements
List
  • 10 other official names:
  • Departement van Menslike Nedersettings (
    Afrikaans
    )
  • umNyango wezokuHlaliswa kwaBantu (Southern Ndebele)
  • iSebe lezokuHlaliswa koLuntu (Xhosa)
  • uMnyango Wezokuhlaliswa Kwabantu (Zulu)
  • Litiko Letekuhlaliswa Kwebantfu (Swazi)
  • Kgoro ya Madulo a Batho (
    Northern Sotho
    )
  • Lefapha la Bodulo ba Batho (Sotho)
  • Lefapha la Manno a Batho (Tswana)
  • Ndzawulo ya Vutshamo bya Vanhu (Tsonga)
  • Muhasho wa Madzulo a Vhathu (Venda)
Department overview
TypeDepartment
Jurisdiction
Minister of Human Settlements
Deputy Minister responsible
Department executive
  • Thabane Zulu, Director-General: Human Settlements
Child agencies
Key documents
  • Housing Act, 1997
  • Rental Housing Act, 1998
  • Social Housing Act, 2008
Websitewww.dhs.gov.za

The Department of Human Settlements (formerly the Department of Housing) is the

urban development. Its primary purpose is the implementation of the constitutional mandate that "everyone has the right to have access to adequate housing." It works in co-operation with the provincial governments, each of which has its own Human Settlements department, and with the municipalities
.

As of 2021[update] the

Pamela Tshwete. In the 2011/12 budget the department had a budget of R22 578 000 000 and a staff complement of 609 civil servants.[1]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-621-39863-2
    . Retrieved 6 January 2012.

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