Youth in Housing Launch in Knysna
14 uSeptemba 2009UMTHOMBO WEENDABA Icandelo loMphathiswa wooRhulumente Bamakhaya Nezezindlu (uRhulumente Wephondo leNtshona Kapa)
Today we are sending a strong signal to the people of this province that young people are the leaders of tomorrow. We must nurture them and invest in them.
We are aware of the challenges that young people of this country face. There is an acute shortage of skills and unemployment is rife. It is a fact that 70% of unemployed people are young people. It is a fact that numeracy and literacy levels are falling.
Our approach to this crisis is clear: we must empower the young people of this province to take responsibility for their lives. This theme of personal responsibility will inform every programme and policy initiated by this government.
We don't believe in creating a culture of dependency. We believe in giving people a hand-up, not a hand-out. This is what this program intends to do. It aims to give young people the opportunities to make a success of their lives and to be the best they can be.
The purpose of the youth in housing programme is to capacitate youth in the Western Cape to effectively participate in the Housing delivery chain as a strategy for poverty alleviation and job creation. In this financial year, 100 young people will participate in the programme.
This program offers unemployed youth skills and home building experience while they serve their communities to simultaneously enhance social inclusion and employment. Youth who participate in this program will be provided with building and construction training on various NQF level.
The Youth in Housing project is targeted at the following youth groups:
Young Women
Youth with disabilities
Unemployed young women and men
Out of school youth
Rural and urban youth
Youth at risk
Youth in conflict with the law
Young entrepreneurs who are already in the field
Unemployed graduates
Municipalities and other strategic partnerships are crucial to the success of this program. The respective municipalities in their roles as developers recruit the youth candidates in its area of jurisdiction to participate in the National Youth Service (NYS) orientation programme and learning experience. They also ensure that they enter into discussions with the building contractor to provide extended on site practical experiential learning component for the youth learners. The Department of Housing enters into partnerships with all stakeholders and entities across the three spheres of government, private sector and non governmental organizations to establish promote and enhance the Youth Build Learning Program.
On this program, we are working hand in hand with strategic stakeholder such as: National Department of Human Settlement, National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) National Youth Service as well as Municipalities. These partners are playing a very important role in this program.
I hope that this programme will achieve a number of things. It should deepen and foster intergovernmental co-operation. It should help us strengthen our relationships with private sector partners. Above all, it must begin to change the culture of dependency that is prevalent in some sectors of our society.
The youth who benefit from this project must go forward and take responsibility for their lives by seizing this opportunity with both hands. I wish them the very best of luck in their future endeavours.
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Abahlali Basemjondolo In Durban
Experiences Of Abahlali Basemjondolo In Durban
As S’bu Zikode points out, “We have seen in certain cases in South Africa where governments have handed out houses simply to silence the poor. This is not acceptable to us. Abahalali’s struggle is beyond housing. We fight for respect and dignity. If houses are given to silence the poor then those houses are not acceptable to us”.
As S’bu Zikode points out, “We have seen in certain cases in South Africa where governments have handed out houses simply to silence the poor. This is not acceptable to us. Abahalali’s struggle is beyond housing. We fight for respect and dignity. If houses are given to silence the poor then those houses are not acceptable to us”.
How to build quality houses for R55 000
Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale has trudged the width and breadth of the country, demolishing poorly built RDP houses. In the process, he has gained praise as a minister who is now going to give the poor well-deserved decent houses. The Sunday Independent spoke to housing experts who say Sexwale's promise of quality is likely to run into problems. Among the challenges in his path will be:
Inflation
Whether he has to purchase land or not
Profit-taking by contractors
Inconsistency in provinces.Tito Khalo, a housing expert and professor in the public management faculty of humanities at the Tshwane University of Technology, said the government needed to find more money for quality low-cost housing and ensure consistency in respect of build quality throughout the country to avoid the costly problems of the past.
Khalo said he was not sure if the R55 000 allocated for the building of each house by the government would be enough, taking into account inflation."In 1994 the government allocated R25 000 for house and land, and if the strategy now is to build bigger houses, the amount is less than when the house construction began. Certainly, the strategy needs to change so that houses in every province match national housing standards," he said. Khalo said the government had sacrificed quality in the rush to meet the ANC's 1994 election pledge of building a million homes and, as a result, it had ended up building what Bantu Holomisa once described as "Unos" - one door and one window homes reminiscent of the tiny Fiat vehicle. Property analyst at Absa, Jacques du Toit said R55 000 was not "a lot of money to build a house" and shoddy workmanship should not be tolerated again. "Proper structures must be built, ones in which people can live. Given recent history, and past standards, along with rising building costs, it is possible to have properties built costing R45 000 but it is far more difficult," he said.Architect and promotions and communications executive at the South African Institute of Architects, Zola Kgaka, said the institute, which is involved in low-cost housing projects, had given the ministry reasons why architects should be involved in the planning. In the past they were not part of the process. While Kgaka said providing a view on low-cost houses would be subjective, building a suitable dwelling at a cost of R55 000 was dependent on several factors. These included whether the entire amount was for the structure, or if the land costs were excluded. "Since low-cost homes are built in bulk, due to the economies of scale unit costs come down," she said.Kecia Rust, the housing finance theme co-ordinator at non-profit independent Finmark Trust, which aims to make financial markets work for the poor, said: "If the minister is knocking down houses and building new ones, you can build something with R55 000. You can't make the money bigger because we have a backlog of 2.2 million units in the country. "In 2004, the cabinet approved a new policy, known as Breaking New Ground. The emphasis of that policy was that we must build homes, not merely houses. The houses demolished by the minister were most likely RDP houses, built before 2004". Special advisor to Sexwale, Chris Vick, said a national audit task team appointed by the minister was both a punitive and a corrective measure. It would identify people in the public and private sectors who were involved in wrongdoing, and ensure they were brought to book. It would also identify loopholes in processes, and make recommendations on how to eliminate them. "This applies particularly to questions of quality. The task team is expected to come up with recommendations for ensuring that we avoid quality problems in the future, by outlining preventative measures that can and should be taken throughout the home construction phase."Vick said it was envisaged that the task team would make recommendations on ensuring that only qualified construction companies were awarded contracts, and would outline steps to enforce all the quality control measures involved in home construction.In addition, the Department of Human Settlements is increasing its capacity to monitor and evaluate the quality of home building by making more frequent visits to housing projects and working more closely with provincial and local government, where delivery takes place. He added that the National Home Builders' Registration Council was in the process of appointing building inspectors who would focus more directly on issues of quality, and monitor the roll-out of government home-building projects.
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Inflation
Whether he has to purchase land or not
Profit-taking by contractors
Inconsistency in provinces.Tito Khalo, a housing expert and professor in the public management faculty of humanities at the Tshwane University of Technology, said the government needed to find more money for quality low-cost housing and ensure consistency in respect of build quality throughout the country to avoid the costly problems of the past.
Khalo said he was not sure if the R55 000 allocated for the building of each house by the government would be enough, taking into account inflation."In 1994 the government allocated R25 000 for house and land, and if the strategy now is to build bigger houses, the amount is less than when the house construction began. Certainly, the strategy needs to change so that houses in every province match national housing standards," he said. Khalo said the government had sacrificed quality in the rush to meet the ANC's 1994 election pledge of building a million homes and, as a result, it had ended up building what Bantu Holomisa once described as "Unos" - one door and one window homes reminiscent of the tiny Fiat vehicle. Property analyst at Absa, Jacques du Toit said R55 000 was not "a lot of money to build a house" and shoddy workmanship should not be tolerated again. "Proper structures must be built, ones in which people can live. Given recent history, and past standards, along with rising building costs, it is possible to have properties built costing R45 000 but it is far more difficult," he said.Architect and promotions and communications executive at the South African Institute of Architects, Zola Kgaka, said the institute, which is involved in low-cost housing projects, had given the ministry reasons why architects should be involved in the planning. In the past they were not part of the process. While Kgaka said providing a view on low-cost houses would be subjective, building a suitable dwelling at a cost of R55 000 was dependent on several factors. These included whether the entire amount was for the structure, or if the land costs were excluded. "Since low-cost homes are built in bulk, due to the economies of scale unit costs come down," she said.Kecia Rust, the housing finance theme co-ordinator at non-profit independent Finmark Trust, which aims to make financial markets work for the poor, said: "If the minister is knocking down houses and building new ones, you can build something with R55 000. You can't make the money bigger because we have a backlog of 2.2 million units in the country. "In 2004, the cabinet approved a new policy, known as Breaking New Ground. The emphasis of that policy was that we must build homes, not merely houses. The houses demolished by the minister were most likely RDP houses, built before 2004". Special advisor to Sexwale, Chris Vick, said a national audit task team appointed by the minister was both a punitive and a corrective measure. It would identify people in the public and private sectors who were involved in wrongdoing, and ensure they were brought to book. It would also identify loopholes in processes, and make recommendations on how to eliminate them. "This applies particularly to questions of quality. The task team is expected to come up with recommendations for ensuring that we avoid quality problems in the future, by outlining preventative measures that can and should be taken throughout the home construction phase."Vick said it was envisaged that the task team would make recommendations on ensuring that only qualified construction companies were awarded contracts, and would outline steps to enforce all the quality control measures involved in home construction.In addition, the Department of Human Settlements is increasing its capacity to monitor and evaluate the quality of home building by making more frequent visits to housing projects and working more closely with provincial and local government, where delivery takes place. He added that the National Home Builders' Registration Council was in the process of appointing building inspectors who would focus more directly on issues of quality, and monitor the roll-out of government home-building projects.
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Low cost housing South Africa: How to build quality houses for R55 000
South Africa: How to build quality houses for R55 000
Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale has trudged the width and breadth of the country, demolishing poorly built RDP houses. In the process, he has gained praise as a minister who is now going to give the poor well-deserved decent houses. The Sunday Independent spoke to housing experts who say Sexwale's promise of quality is likely to run into problems. Among the challenges in his path will be:
Inflation
Whether he has to purchase land or not
Profit-taking by contractors
Inconsistency in provinces.Tito Khalo, a housing expert and professor in the public management faculty of humanities at the Tshwane University of Technology, said the government needed to find more money for quality low-cost housing and ensure consistency in respect of build quality throughout the country to avoid the costly problems of the past.
Khalo said he was not sure if the R55 000 allocated for the building of each house by the government would be enough, taking into account inflation."In 1994 the government allocated R25 000 for house and land, and if the strategy now is to build bigger houses, the amount is less than when the house construction began. Certainly, the strategy needs to change so that houses in every province match national housing standards," he said. Khalo said the government had sacrificed quality in the rush to meet the ANC's 1994 election pledge of building a million homes and, as a result, it had ended up building what Bantu Holomisa once described as "Unos" - one door and one window homes reminiscent of the tiny Fiat vehicle. Property analyst at Absa, Jacques du Toit said R55 000 was not "a lot of money to build a house" and shoddy workmanship should not be tolerated again. "Proper structures must be built, ones in which people can live. Given recent history, and past standards, along with rising building costs, it is possible to have properties built costing R45 000 but it is far more difficult," he said.Architect and promotions and communications executive at the South African Institute of Architects, Zola Kgaka, said the institute, which is involved in low-cost housing projects, had given the ministry reasons why architects should be involved in the planning. In the past they were not part of the process. While Kgaka said providing a view on low-cost houses would be subjective, building a suitable dwelling at a cost of R55 000 was dependent on several factors. These included whether the entire amount was for the structure, or if the land costs were excluded. "Since low-cost homes are built in bulk, due to the economies of scale unit costs come down," she said.Kecia Rust, the housing finance theme co-ordinator at non-profit independent Finmark Trust, which aims to make financial markets work for the poor, said: "If the minister is knocking down houses and building new ones, you can build something with R55 000. You can't make the money bigger because we have a backlog of 2.2 million units in the country. "In 2004, the cabinet approved a new policy, known as Breaking New Ground. The emphasis of that policy was that we must build homes, not merely houses. The houses demolished by the minister were most likely RDP houses, built before 2004". Special advisor to Sexwale, Chris Vick, said a national audit task team appointed by the minister was both a punitive and a corrective measure. It would identify people in the public and private sectors who were involved in wrongdoing, and ensure they were brought to book. It would also identify loopholes in processes, and make recommendations on how to eliminate them. "This applies particularly to questions of quality. The task team is expected to come up with recommendations for ensuring that we avoid quality problems in the future, by outlining preventative measures that can and should be taken throughout the home construction phase."Vick said it was envisaged that the task team would make recommendations on ensuring that only qualified construction companies were awarded contracts, and would outline steps to enforce all the quality control measures involved in home construction.In addition, the Department of Human Settlements is increasing its capacity to monitor and evaluate the quality of home building by making more frequent visits to housing projects and working more closely with provincial and local government, where delivery takes place. He added that the National Home Builders' Registration Council was in the process of appointing building inspectors who would focus more directly on issues of quality, and monitor the roll-out of government home-building projects.
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Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale has trudged the width and breadth of the country, demolishing poorly built RDP houses. In the process, he has gained praise as a minister who is now going to give the poor well-deserved decent houses. The Sunday Independent spoke to housing experts who say Sexwale's promise of quality is likely to run into problems. Among the challenges in his path will be:
Inflation
Whether he has to purchase land or not
Profit-taking by contractors
Inconsistency in provinces.Tito Khalo, a housing expert and professor in the public management faculty of humanities at the Tshwane University of Technology, said the government needed to find more money for quality low-cost housing and ensure consistency in respect of build quality throughout the country to avoid the costly problems of the past.
Khalo said he was not sure if the R55 000 allocated for the building of each house by the government would be enough, taking into account inflation."In 1994 the government allocated R25 000 for house and land, and if the strategy now is to build bigger houses, the amount is less than when the house construction began. Certainly, the strategy needs to change so that houses in every province match national housing standards," he said. Khalo said the government had sacrificed quality in the rush to meet the ANC's 1994 election pledge of building a million homes and, as a result, it had ended up building what Bantu Holomisa once described as "Unos" - one door and one window homes reminiscent of the tiny Fiat vehicle. Property analyst at Absa, Jacques du Toit said R55 000 was not "a lot of money to build a house" and shoddy workmanship should not be tolerated again. "Proper structures must be built, ones in which people can live. Given recent history, and past standards, along with rising building costs, it is possible to have properties built costing R45 000 but it is far more difficult," he said.Architect and promotions and communications executive at the South African Institute of Architects, Zola Kgaka, said the institute, which is involved in low-cost housing projects, had given the ministry reasons why architects should be involved in the planning. In the past they were not part of the process. While Kgaka said providing a view on low-cost houses would be subjective, building a suitable dwelling at a cost of R55 000 was dependent on several factors. These included whether the entire amount was for the structure, or if the land costs were excluded. "Since low-cost homes are built in bulk, due to the economies of scale unit costs come down," she said.Kecia Rust, the housing finance theme co-ordinator at non-profit independent Finmark Trust, which aims to make financial markets work for the poor, said: "If the minister is knocking down houses and building new ones, you can build something with R55 000. You can't make the money bigger because we have a backlog of 2.2 million units in the country. "In 2004, the cabinet approved a new policy, known as Breaking New Ground. The emphasis of that policy was that we must build homes, not merely houses. The houses demolished by the minister were most likely RDP houses, built before 2004". Special advisor to Sexwale, Chris Vick, said a national audit task team appointed by the minister was both a punitive and a corrective measure. It would identify people in the public and private sectors who were involved in wrongdoing, and ensure they were brought to book. It would also identify loopholes in processes, and make recommendations on how to eliminate them. "This applies particularly to questions of quality. The task team is expected to come up with recommendations for ensuring that we avoid quality problems in the future, by outlining preventative measures that can and should be taken throughout the home construction phase."Vick said it was envisaged that the task team would make recommendations on ensuring that only qualified construction companies were awarded contracts, and would outline steps to enforce all the quality control measures involved in home construction.In addition, the Department of Human Settlements is increasing its capacity to monitor and evaluate the quality of home building by making more frequent visits to housing projects and working more closely with provincial and local government, where delivery takes place. He added that the National Home Builders' Registration Council was in the process of appointing building inspectors who would focus more directly on issues of quality, and monitor the roll-out of government home-building projects.
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Best Man 2009 winner: Hennie Botes
Best Man 2009 winner: moladi CEO Hennie Botes
CATEGORY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY WINNER HENNIE BOTES South Africa’s low-cost housing dilemma is in the news nearly every day. Hennie Botes looked at the basic problem, applied some complex technology and thinking and came up with a simple solution: he invented patented box moulds that allow the rapid erection of low-cost, less labour-intensive, quality housing. Now his company, Moladi, is putting roofs over people’s heads in South Africa, Iraq, India and the Sudan.On the entrepreneurial philosophyIf you can solve a problem and sell the solution, you’re going to be successful. It’s a theme from the book Think and Grow Rich (by Napoleon Hill) and I really subscribe to that. Sadly, it seems that in South Africa today we don’t do enough to nurture entrepreneurship. The basic schooling curriculum is not encouraging self-development or generating enough self-employed people. The result is a generation thinking that life owes them something.On overcoming obstaclesWhen Bell invented the phone, it wasn’t very successful. People didn’t see the attributes or understand how it might be used in the future and I had similar problems. I was highly motivated and really believed in my idea, but when I presented it to investors, they’d shoot holes in it. I had to overcome these hurdles. It’s been a 22-year journey, but I always kept the goal in mind. Moses spent 40 years in the desert and Noah took years to build the ark, but they both knew what they were doing and why. I’m quite happy my desert experience was only 20-odd years, though.On putting roofs over people’s headsThere’s an American company that wants to build classrooms in Iraq, and they told me we’re the third M: there was a guy who saw a need for a global burger and McDonalds was the result; there was a guy who saw the need for global computer software and Microsoft was born; and there’s a need for housing and Moladi provides a solution. That really motivates me - the fact that we can address the huge housing need while creating employment. Handing over a house is guaranteed goosebumps stuff, every time.On innovationIt’s not just the way you build the wall of a house, but the way you supply the entire product. Our building process has been approved and accepted, so it’s time to look ahead. We’re working on producing windows, doors, toilet seats, window frames, sinks and washbasins. If I can include these as part of my product, I’ll reduce the total unit cost of the house. The more I reduce the overall price, the more houses Moladi will produce. I’d rather build a house a day and sell it for R1 000, than build one house a year and sell it for a million.
CATEGORY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY WINNER HENNIE BOTES South Africa’s low-cost housing dilemma is in the news nearly every day. Hennie Botes looked at the basic problem, applied some complex technology and thinking and came up with a simple solution: he invented patented box moulds that allow the rapid erection of low-cost, less labour-intensive, quality housing. Now his company, Moladi, is putting roofs over people’s heads in South Africa, Iraq, India and the Sudan.On the entrepreneurial philosophyIf you can solve a problem and sell the solution, you’re going to be successful. It’s a theme from the book Think and Grow Rich (by Napoleon Hill) and I really subscribe to that. Sadly, it seems that in South Africa today we don’t do enough to nurture entrepreneurship. The basic schooling curriculum is not encouraging self-development or generating enough self-employed people. The result is a generation thinking that life owes them something.On overcoming obstaclesWhen Bell invented the phone, it wasn’t very successful. People didn’t see the attributes or understand how it might be used in the future and I had similar problems. I was highly motivated and really believed in my idea, but when I presented it to investors, they’d shoot holes in it. I had to overcome these hurdles. It’s been a 22-year journey, but I always kept the goal in mind. Moses spent 40 years in the desert and Noah took years to build the ark, but they both knew what they were doing and why. I’m quite happy my desert experience was only 20-odd years, though.On putting roofs over people’s headsThere’s an American company that wants to build classrooms in Iraq, and they told me we’re the third M: there was a guy who saw a need for a global burger and McDonalds was the result; there was a guy who saw the need for global computer software and Microsoft was born; and there’s a need for housing and Moladi provides a solution. That really motivates me - the fact that we can address the huge housing need while creating employment. Handing over a house is guaranteed goosebumps stuff, every time.On innovationIt’s not just the way you build the wall of a house, but the way you supply the entire product. Our building process has been approved and accepted, so it’s time to look ahead. We’re working on producing windows, doors, toilet seats, window frames, sinks and washbasins. If I can include these as part of my product, I’ll reduce the total unit cost of the house. The more I reduce the overall price, the more houses Moladi will produce. I’d rather build a house a day and sell it for R1 000, than build one house a year and sell it for a million.
Best Man 2009 winner: Hennie Botes
Best Man 2009 winner: CEO moladi Hennie Botes
CATEGORY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY WINNER HENNIE BOTES South Africa’s low-cost housing dilemma is in the news nearly every day. Hennie Botes looked at the basic problem, applied some complex technology and thinking and came up with a simple solution: he invented patented box moulds that allow the rapid erection of low-cost, less labour-intensive, quality housing. Now his company, Moladi, is putting roofs over people’s heads in South Africa, Iraq, India and the Sudan.On the entrepreneurial philosophyIf you can solve a problem and sell the solution, you’re going to be successful. It’s a theme from the book Think and Grow Rich (by Napoleon Hill) and I really subscribe to that. Sadly, it seems that in South Africa today we don’t do enough to nurture entrepreneurship. The basic schooling curriculum is not encouraging self-development or generating enough self-employed people. The result is a generation thinking that life owes them something.On overcoming obstaclesWhen Bell invented the phone, it wasn’t very successful. People didn’t see the attributes or understand how it might be used in the future and I had similar problems. I was highly motivated and really believed in my idea, but when I presented it to investors, they’d shoot holes in it. I had to overcome these hurdles. It’s been a 22-year journey, but I always kept the goal in mind. Moses spent 40 years in the desert and Noah took years to build the ark, but they both knew what they were doing and why. I’m quite happy my desert experience was only 20-odd years, though.On putting roofs over people’s headsThere’s an American company that wants to build classrooms in Iraq, and they told me we’re the third M: there was a guy who saw a need for a global burger and McDonalds was the result; there was a guy who saw the need for global computer software and Microsoft was born; and there’s a need for housing and Moladi provides a solution. That really motivates me - the fact that we can address the huge housing need while creating employment. Handing over a house is guaranteed goosebumps stuff, every time.On innovationIt’s not just the way you build the wall of a house, but the way you supply the entire product. Our building process has been approved and accepted, so it’s time to look ahead. We’re working on producing windows, doors, toilet seats, window frames, sinks and washbasins. If I can include these as part of my product, I’ll reduce the total unit cost of the house. The more I reduce the overall price, the more houses Moladi will produce. I’d rather build a house a day and sell it for R1 000, than build one house a year and sell it for a million.
CATEGORY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY WINNER HENNIE BOTES South Africa’s low-cost housing dilemma is in the news nearly every day. Hennie Botes looked at the basic problem, applied some complex technology and thinking and came up with a simple solution: he invented patented box moulds that allow the rapid erection of low-cost, less labour-intensive, quality housing. Now his company, Moladi, is putting roofs over people’s heads in South Africa, Iraq, India and the Sudan.On the entrepreneurial philosophyIf you can solve a problem and sell the solution, you’re going to be successful. It’s a theme from the book Think and Grow Rich (by Napoleon Hill) and I really subscribe to that. Sadly, it seems that in South Africa today we don’t do enough to nurture entrepreneurship. The basic schooling curriculum is not encouraging self-development or generating enough self-employed people. The result is a generation thinking that life owes them something.On overcoming obstaclesWhen Bell invented the phone, it wasn’t very successful. People didn’t see the attributes or understand how it might be used in the future and I had similar problems. I was highly motivated and really believed in my idea, but when I presented it to investors, they’d shoot holes in it. I had to overcome these hurdles. It’s been a 22-year journey, but I always kept the goal in mind. Moses spent 40 years in the desert and Noah took years to build the ark, but they both knew what they were doing and why. I’m quite happy my desert experience was only 20-odd years, though.On putting roofs over people’s headsThere’s an American company that wants to build classrooms in Iraq, and they told me we’re the third M: there was a guy who saw a need for a global burger and McDonalds was the result; there was a guy who saw the need for global computer software and Microsoft was born; and there’s a need for housing and Moladi provides a solution. That really motivates me - the fact that we can address the huge housing need while creating employment. Handing over a house is guaranteed goosebumps stuff, every time.On innovationIt’s not just the way you build the wall of a house, but the way you supply the entire product. Our building process has been approved and accepted, so it’s time to look ahead. We’re working on producing windows, doors, toilet seats, window frames, sinks and washbasins. If I can include these as part of my product, I’ll reduce the total unit cost of the house. The more I reduce the overall price, the more houses Moladi will produce. I’d rather build a house a day and sell it for R1 000, than build one house a year and sell it for a million.
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