Department of Human Settlements

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Department of Human Settlements
List
  • 10 other official names:
  • Departement van Behuising  (Afrikaans)
  • umNyango wezokuHlaliswa kwaBantu  (Southern Ndebele)
  • iSebe lezokuHlaliswa koLuntu  (Xhosa)
  • uMnyango Wezokuhlaliswa Kwabantu  (Zulu)
  • Litiko Letekuhlaliswa Kwebantfu  (Swati)
  • 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
Type Department
Jurisdiction Government of South Africa
Headquarters Govan Mbeki House, 240 Walker Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria
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Employees 609 (2010/11)
Annual budget R22,578 million (2011/12)
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
  • Zou Kota, Deputy Minister of Human Settlements
Department executive
  • Thabane Zulu, Director-General: Human Settlements
Child agencies
Key documents
  • Housing Act, 1997
  • Rental Housing Act, 1998
  • Social Housing Act, 2008
Website www.dhs.gov.za

The Department of Human Settlements (formerly the Department of Housing) is the department of the South African government responsible for housing and 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 2016 the Minister of Human Settlements is Lindiwe Sisulu and her deputy is Zou Kota. In the 2011/12 budget the department had a budget of R22,578 million and a staff complement of 609 civil servants.[1]

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