REPORT OF COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

INTO

THE MPUMALANGA RURAL HOUSING PROJECT  



APPOINTED BY THE HONOURABLE N M PHOSA PREMIER OF MPUMALANGA

IN TERMS OF PREMIER’S NOTICE NO. 15 PUBLISHED IN

THE PROVINCIAL GAZETTE EXTRORDINARY NO 277 OF    


3 OCTOBER 1997

 
SIGNED AT NELSPRUIT ON THE 4th NOVEMBER 1997

 

HUGH ROSS DREYER
Chairperson

ADRIAAN PETRUS SMUTS
Commissioner

MICHAEL JOSEPH HART
Commissioner  

INDEX  

Abbreviations / Definitions

1: Introduction

2: Background

3: Structure of the Department and the Relevant Legislation

4: Provincial Housing Board : Subsidy Approval

5: Misrepresentation

6: The Subsidy Agreement

7: Motivation and Reasons for Entering Into Agreement

8: Full Implications of the Agreement

9: Recommendations for improvement

10: Conclusion

Schedule of Annexures

   ABBREVIATIONS / DEFINITIONS  

  • The Act
Housing Arrangement Act 155 of 1993 
  • AG
Auditor-General of the Republic of South Africa
  • AG Special Report
Special report of the Auditor General on the Investigation into the Mpumalanga Rural Housing Project (South African Housing Fund) dated 28 August 1997.
  • Appasamy
Mr L Appasamy 

Deputy Director : Mpumalanga Department of Local Government, Housing and Land Administration

  • Barnard
Dr F Barnard 

Chief Director : Housing Sector Performance

National Department of Housing

  • BCIG
Bulk Connector Infrastructure Grant
  • Cheriyan
Mr K. Cheriyan 

Senior Engineer : Mpumalanga Department of Local Government, Housing and Land Administration and Head of the Housing Directorate.

  • Cobbett
Mr W J Cobbett 

Ex Director General : Housing

  • Condev
Condev (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Murray & Roberts.
  • The Department
The Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Local Government, Housing and Land Administration.
  • DG
Cobbett
  • Du Plessis
Mr P du Plessis 

Director : Mpumalanga Department of Local Government, Housing and Land Administration.

  • Exco
Executive Committee, Mpumalanga Provincial Housing Board.
  • Gibb
Mr K Gibb 

Ex General Manager : Credit Nedcor Bank Limited

  • Gouws
Mr G Gouws 

Member : Mpumalanga Housing Board

  • Labuschagne
Mr Chris Labuschagne 

Project Manager

Project Consulting Services CC

  • Leeming
Mr M Leeming 

Executive Director : Nedcor Bank Limited

  • The Manual
The Implementation Manual for The Housing Subsidy and other Housing Assistance Measures.
  • Mdhluli
Mr L Mdhluli 

Town Councillor, Hazyview.

  • Meyer
Mr Phillip Meyer, PHB and Exco member.
  • Meyeridricks
Mr A Meyeridricks, formerly M&R, presently director of Motheo.
  • MEC
Mr C N M Padayachee : 

Member of the Executive Council for Local Government, Housing and Land Administration.

  • The Minister
Mrs S Mthembi-Mahanyile 

Minister of Housing, RSA.

  • Moodley
Mr S Moodley 

Chairman of the Mpumalanga Provincial Housing Board

  • Motheo
Motheo Construction (Pty) Ltd
  • Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga Province
  • Mthombeni
Mr M J Mthombeni 

Director : Motheo Construction (Pty) Ltd

  • Murray & Roberts
Murray & Roberts Contractors Limited
  • Ndlovu
Dr C T Ndlovu 

Director : Motheo Construction (Pty) Ltd

  • NDH
National Department of Housing
  • Nedcor
Nedcor Bank Limited
  • Ngwenya
Mr B S Ngwenya 

Head of Department of Local Government, Housing and Land Administration in Mpumalanga.

  • NHB
National Housing Board
  • Nortier
Mr B J Nortier 

Consulting Engineer : Nortier and Associates

  • PHB
The Mpumalanga Provincial Housing Board
  • The Premier
The Honourable Matthews Phosa : Premier of Mpumalanga Province
  • Province
Mpumalanga Province
  • SAHF
The South African Housing Fund
  • Seape
Ms G Seape 

Ex Senior Manager, Affordable Housing, Nedcor.

  • Secretariat
Provincial Housing Board Secretariat
  • Shrinivasan
Mr K Shrinivasan 

Chief Engineer : Mpumalanga Department of Local Government, Housing and Land Administration

  • Sithole
Mrs F T Sithole, PHB and Exco member.
  • TLC
Transitional Local Council

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