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Building on each other’s strengths
More than one billion people around the world live in urban slums and this figure is rising as towns and cities continue to expand. The 2nd Asia-Pacific Housing Forum will examine and propose concrete solutions for housing the urban poor and for dealing with existing slums. The forum will look at alternative approaches and scalable models involving national and local government authorities, businesses and social organizations working together and building on each other’s strengths to provide housing solutions.
Slums are particularly vulnerable to fire, floods and other disasters. The forum will provide a venue where major players and stakeholders in relief and development can explore strategies to bridge the gaps between emergency relief and sustainable redevelopment.

> WHO SHOULD ATTEND

The Forum is of interest to all who are concerned and engaged in providing urban poverty housing solutions like architects, academics, developers, urban planners, policymakers, NGOs, donor agencies, researchers, private and public sector actors. We invite you to join us at the September 2009 2nd Asia-Pacific Housing Forum in Manila, Philippines to:
present a research paper or case study;
participate in a dialogue or panel discussion;
showcase your initiative or project;
join a training event;
engage in a “Leaders of Today & Tomorrow” session;
be a participant.

moladi is proud and honoured to present our construction technology “The Moladi Approach to Affordable Housing Delivery”

moladi establishes construction training skills college

The backlog of houses in South Africa and the huge unemployment rate has prompted moladi to establish moladiCOLLEGE. The focus of moladiCOLLEGE will be to create employment and develop skills, creating an opportunity for Government to make good on its promise to deliver housing and create employment. moladiCOLLEGE has partnered with CETA (Construction Education and Training Authority) and Services SETA to train veterans

For more information visit www.moladiCOLLEGE.co.za

Tokyo Sexwale - Minister of Human Settlements

Minister of Human Settlements, Tokyo Sexwale
moladi
I REFER to the article Sexwale on East London fact-finding mission (SD, August 22). It is
encouraging to note the Minister of Human Settlements, Tokyo Sexwale, on a fact-finding
mission regarding housing problems in East London.
However, it appears that again the minister, like his party, is engaging in talk- shops with
communities to solve housing problems. The minister is quoted as saying: “I’m here to
conduct a sincere conversation with the local leaders and residents to hear from them
about the conditions they live under.” He talks about not giving easy answers and
promises to face difficult situations.
But there are problems that can quickly be solved; for example, the 19000 houses that
need repair in the province. Why not simply fix them, rather than delay the process by
having more conversations with communities?
The provincial Department of Housing must set a deadline date by which all these
houses are repaired.
With a budget in place and the number of units required for rectification known, there
should be no more dilly-dallying over this matter. –
Dacre Haddon MPL, DA spokesperson on Human Settlements, Bhisho Legislature
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