Department Of Housing (South Africa)
The Department of Human Settlements (formerly the Department of Housing) is the government department, department under the Ministry of Human Settlements, of the Government of South Africa, South African government responsible for housing and urban development. Its primary purpose is the implementation of the constitution of South Africa, constitutional mandate that "everyone has the right to have access to adequate housing." It works in co-operation with the provincial governments of South Africa, provincial governments, each of which has its own Human Settlements department, and with the municipalities of South Africa, municipalities. the Minister of Human Settlements is Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane and her deputy is Pamela Tshwete. In the 2011/12 budget the department had a budget of South African rand, R22 578 000 000 and a staff complement of 609 civil servants. References External links Official website
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Government Of South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a parliamentary republic with three-tier system of government and an independent judiciary, operating in a parliamentary system. Legislative authority is held by the Parliament of South Africa. Executive authority is vested in the President of South Africa who is head of state and head of government, and his Cabinet. The President is elected by the Parliament to serve a fixed term. South Africa's government differs greatly from those of other Commonwealth nations. The national, provincial and local levels of government all have legislative and executive authority in their own spheres, and are defined in the South African Constitution as "distinctive, interdependent and interrelated". Operating at both national and provincial levels ("spheres") are advisory bodies drawn from South Africa's traditional leaders. It is a stated intention in the Constitution that the country be run on a system of co-operative governance. The national government is c ...
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