PROJECTS BY SECTOR
1. Urban Land and Housing Operations
- We map the processes for planning and implementing sustainable human settlements.
- We describe the detailed activities embedded in these processes.
- We get involved through assisting the authorities and communities on the ground.
- We propose innovative policies and strategies to address marginalisation and underdevelopment.
- Where required we provide training on the above.
- We record and publish grassroots struggles for a better future.
- We support the planning and implementation of sustainable human settlements.
- We inform ourselves of the lessons learnt from established communities.

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PROJECT | CLIENT | YEAR | SECTOR |
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Kreefgat – A Community In Crisis |
Stellenbosch Transparency | 2016 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Kreefgat – A Community In Crisis.
CLIENT: Stellenbosch Transparency. YEAR COMPLETED: 2016. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
![]() PHOTOS: Many homeless households earning less than R3500 aspire to this type of house. Government policy provides for a free house to households earning less than R3500 provided that breadwinners applying for the grant are older than 39.
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Environmental Education Centre |
Vuya Endaweni Community Conservation Partnership | 2016 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Environmental Education Centre.
CLIENT: Vuya Endaweni Community Conservation Partnership. YEAR COMPLETED: 2016. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
PHOTO BELOW: We taught youth about sustaining the environment. This took place in an underdeveloped shantytown. Environmental education is part of the developmental solution. |
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Paymaster Administration Services |
Cities Support Programme, National Treasury | 2014 – 2016 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Paymaster Administration Services.
CLIENT: Cities Support Programme, National Treasury. YEAR COMPLETED: 2016. BACKGROUND: OUTCOME DOCUMENTS COMPLETED AND FILED:
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Capacity Needs Analysis |
Cities Support Programme, National Treasury | 2012 – 2015 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Capacity Needs Analysis.
CLIENT: Cities Support Programme, National Treasury. YEAR COMPLETED: 2015. BACKGROUND: OUTCOME DOCUMENTS:
PHOTO BELOW: There is capital flight from existing urban CBDs. These and neighbouring residential areas then degrade. The flip side of this ‘blow out’ is the development elsewhere of modern shopping malls |
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Indicators Project |
Cities Support Programme, National Treasury | 2012 – 2014 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Indicators Project.
CLIENT: Cities Support Programme, National Treasury. YEAR COMPLETED: 2014. BACKGROUND: The INSITE team implemented the Built Environment (BE) work stream of the CSP. The team developed performance indicators for well-governed, inclusive, productive and sustainable cities. The team first researched and then wrote a Guide for performance management. Thereafter the team interacted with officials from all eight metropolitan municipalities. They developed a consensus around a basic set of quantified and calibrated performance indicators. The new Integrated Cities Development Grant (ICDG) would assess cities’ performance against these indicators. The project process required facilitation of interaction. OUTCOME DOCUMENTS:
PHOTO: Downtown Fordsburg (Johannesburg) is a South African example of integrated commercial and residential space. ![]() DOCUMENT COVER: A set of generic indicators to measure the performance of the metropolitan municipalities towards achieving spatially restructured and well governed cities.
![]() TABLES: A matrix on which to record proposed built environment transformation indicators for a metropolitan municipality |
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Land Acquisition and Disposal Processes and Policy |
City of Polokwane | 2012 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Land Acquisition and Disposal Processes and Policy.
CLIENT: City of Polokwane. YEAR COMPLETED: 2012. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES: 1) Polokwane Municipal Immovable Property Acquisition, Holding and Disposal Policy Framework; 2) Polokwane Procedural Manual in terms of its Land Policy Framework; 3) Asset Register of Municipal Land; 4) GIS Mapping of Land in Polokwane Jurisdiction in certain categories; 5) Property Management Status Quo Report.
PROCESS DIAGRAM: Polokwane municipality required a business process map with key decision-making points. The purpose was to manage land and development in the city and ex-homeland townships.. |
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Land Acquisition, Holding, Preparation and Release Strategy |
The Housing Development Agency (HDA) | 2012 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Land Acquisition, Holding, Preparation and Release Strategy.
CLIENT: The Housing Development Agency (HDA). YEAR COMPLETED: 2012. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
DIAGRAM: Land Economic and Housing Development is a business process. There are key decision-making points at crucial nodes. Policy framework principles need to guide these decisions. |
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Social (rental) Housing Feasibility Study, Strategy and Survey for Port Elizabeth |
Bagale Consulting (for Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality [NMBMM] and the Housing Development Agency [HDA]) | 2012 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Social (rental) Housing Feasibility Study, Strategy and Survey for Port Elizabeth.
CLIENT: Bagale Consulting (for Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality [NMBMM] and the Housing Development Agency [HDA]). YEAR COMPLETED: 2012. BACKGROUND: OUTCOME DOCUMENTS:
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Emergency Housing Functional Framework |
The Housing Development Agency (HDA) | 2011 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Emergency Housing Functional Framework.
CLIENT: The Housing Development Agency (HDA). YEAR COMPLETED: 2011. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
DIAGRAM: This framework identifies all the role players involved in Emergency Housing and their functions. |
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Housing Feasibility Study, Strategy and Survey for Bela Bela Local Municipality |
Bagale Consulting (for the HDA) | 2011 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Housing Feasibility Study, Strategy and Survey for Bela Bela Local Municipality.
CLIENT: Bagale Consulting (for the HDA). YEAR COMPLETED: 2011. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Capacity Needs Analysis and Capacity Support Implementation Plan |
Western Cape Department of Human Settlements (WCDoHS) | 2010 – 2011 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Capacity Needs Analysis and Capacity Support Implementation Plan.
CLIENT: Western Cape Department of Human Settlements (WCDoHS). YEAR COMPLETED: 2011. BACKGROUND There are also other initiatives aimed at this objective. The Department required an overview of all current capacity needs analyses and capacity initiatives in order to develop a comprehensive analysis of the capacity needs for the job of planning and implementing sustainable human settlements, and to develop a Capacity Support Implementation Plan (CSIP) on that basis. OUTCOMES:
Our client wanted to identify the gaps in planning and implementing sustainable human settlements. First we mapped the regulatory and government functions. ![]() |
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Developing Human Settlement Plans (HSPs) for the municipalities of George, Knysna and Saldanha Bay |
Organizational Development Africa (ODA) (for the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements (WCDoHS)) | 2009 – 2010 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Developing Human Settlement Plans (HSPs) for the municipalities of George, Knysna and Saldanha Bay.
CLIENT: Organizational Development Africa (ODA) (for the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements (WCDoHS)). YEAR COMPLETED: 2010. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Capacity Building for the Home Loan and Mortgage Disclosure Act (HLAMDA) |
National Department of Human Settlements (NDoHS) | 2009 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Capacity Building for the Home Loan and Mortgage Disclosure Act (HLAMDA).
CLIENT: National Department of Human Settlements (NDoHS). YEAR COMPLETED: 2009. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Developing a Human Settlement Plan (HSP) for the Sol Plaatje Municipality |
Organisational Development Africa (ODA) (for the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality) | 2009 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Developing a Human Settlement Plan (HSP) for the Sol Plaatje Municipality.
CLIENT: Organisational Development Africa (ODA) (for the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality). YEAR COMPLETED: 2009. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Business Process Review of the Building and Tenant Management Functions (Social Housing) |
Africon (for Johannesburg Social Housing Company (JOSHCO) through the Gauteng Technical Resource Group (TRG) programme) | 2007 – 2008 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Business Process Review of the Building and Tenant Management Functions (Social Housing).
CLIENT: Africon (for Johannesburg Social Housing Company (JOSHCO) through the Gauteng Technical Resource Group (TRG) programme). YEAR COMPLETED: 2008. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
PROCESS DIAGRAMS: We used business process mapping tools to define efficient social housing functions. |
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Developing a Human Settlement Plan (HSP) for the Stellenbosch Municipality |
Sustainability Institute (University of Stellenbosch) (for the Municipality of Stellenbosch) | 2007 – 2008 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Developing a Human Settlement Plan (HSP) for the Stellenbosch Municipality.
CLIENT: Sustainability Institute (University of Stellenbosch) (for the Municipality of Stellenbosch). YEAR COMPLETED: 2008. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Transport Assets Refurbishment and Upgrade |
Intersite Property Management Services | 2006 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Transport Assets Refurbishment and Upgrade.
CLIENT: Intersite Property Management Services. YEAR COMPLETED: 2006. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Greater Ellis Park Upgrade Development Project: Housing Development Analysis and Strategy Study |
Kenosi Tladinyane Investments (for Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), in association with Business Modelling SA, and Diabalwa Professional Services) | 2003 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Greater Ellis Park Upgrade Development Project: Housing Development Analysis and Strategy Study.
CLIENT: Kenosi Tladinyane Investments (for Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), in association with Business Modelling SA, and Diabalwa Professional Services). YEAR COMPLETED: 2003. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Management of Employee Housing Scheme (for the Fedics Group) |
Fedics Group | 1998 – 2000 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Management of Employee Housing Scheme.
CLIENT: Fedics Group. YEAR COMPLETED: 1998 – 2000. BACKGROUND: Fedics required a service to:
OUTCOMES:
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Employee Housing Survey |
Freegold (now Anglo Gold Ashanti) | 1996 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Employee Housing Survey.
CLIENT: Freegold (now Anglo Gold Ashanti). YEAR COMPLETED: 1996. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Employee Housing Survey |
Gengold (now BHP Billiton) | 1996 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Employee Housing Survey.
CLIENT: Gengold (now BHP Billiton). YEAR COMPLETED: 1996. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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The PPP training intervention for local government |
Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank | 1996 | Urban Land & Housing Operations |
PROJECT TITLE: Developed the PPP training intervention for local government.
CLIENT: Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank. YEAR COMPLETED: 1996. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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2. Housing and Development Finance
Our expertise in this sector includes the regulation, packaging, and disbursement of finance and managing of funds.
In this sector we have:
- Researched regulation of micro, housing and infrastructure finance
- Researched alternative funding for decentralised renewable energy projects
- Packaged applications for social housing finance
- Managed the capital funding of many social housing projects
We design and structure funds for social development purposes. For instance we designed a fund for investing into roof top SPV units. This formed part of a project to address climate change and energy poverty.

PROJECT | CLIENT | YEAR | SECTOR |
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The One 1 Climate Fund - Feasibility Study |
Sustainability Institute and Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (for the Evangelical Churches of Westphalia) | 2015 | Housing and Development Finance |
PROJECT TITLE: The One 1 Climate Fund – Feasibility Study.
CLIENT: Sustainability Institute and Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (for the Evangelical Churches of Westphalia). YEARS COMPLETED: 2015. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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The One 1 Climate Fund - Pre-feasibility Study |
Sustainability Institute and Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (for the Evangelical Churches of Westphalia) | 2014 | Housing and Development Finance |
PROJECT TITLE: The One 1 Climate Fund – Pre-feasibility Study.
CLIENT: Sustainability Institute and Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (for the Evangelical Churches of Westphalia). YEARS COMPLETED: 2014. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Evaluation of the Community Upgrade Funding Facility (CUFF) |
Community Organisation Resource Centre (CORC) | 2013 | Housing and Development Finance |
PROJECT TITLE: Evaluation of the Community Upgrade Funding Facility (CUFF).
CLIENT: Community Organisation Resource Centre (CORC). YEARS COMPLETED: 2013. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Project Preparation Facility (PPF) |
Cities Support Programme (CSP), National Treasury | 2013 | Housing and Development Finance |
PROJECT TITLE: Project Preparation Facility (PPF).
CLIENT: Cities Support Programme (CSP), National Treasury. YEAR COMPLETED: 2013. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Design of Ten Generic Business Plans for Funding Purposes and Bankable Project Proposals |
Johannesburg Social Housing Company (JOSHCO) | 2007 | Housing and Development Finance |
PROJECT TITLE: Design of Ten Generic Business Plans for Funding Purposes and Bankable Project Proposal.
CLIENT: Johannesburg Social Housing Company (JOSHCO). YEAR COMPLETED: 2007. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Assessment and Support Consultant (Interim Social Housing Programme – Social Housing Restructuring Grant) (10 SHIs, 16 projects) |
Social Housing Foundation (SHF) | 2006 – 2007 | Housing and Development Finance |
PROJECT TITLE: Assessment and Support Consultant (Interim Social Housing Programme – Social Housing Restructuring Grant) (10 SHIs, 16 projects).
CLIENT: Social Housing Foundation (SHF). YEAR COMPLETED: 2007. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Packaging 10 Bankable Projects for Debt Funding and Funding from the Housing Subsidy and Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF) (Capital Value: R250 million) |
Affordable Housing Company (AFHCO) | 2006 | Housing and Development Finance |
PROJECT TITLE: Packaging 10 Bankable Projects for Debt Funding and Funding from the Housing Subsidy and Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF) (Capital Value: R250 million).
CLIENT: Affordable Housing Company (AFHCO). YEAR COMPLETED: 2006 BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Financing and Investing in Social Housing: Data and Information Project |
National Housing Finance Corporation and Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF) (in association with Business Modelling SA, Nokusa Consulting and DAC Systems) | 2003 – 2004 | Housing and Development Finance |
PROJECT TITLE: Financing and Investing in Social Housing: Data and Information Project.
CLIENT: National Housing Finance Corporation (NHFC) and Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF) (in association with Business Modelling SA, Nokusa Consulting and DAC Systems). YEAR COMPLETED: 2004. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Housing Finance |
National Housing Finance Corporation | 2002 – 2003 | Housing and Development Finance |
PROJECT TITLE: Housing Finance.
CLIENT: National Housing Finance Corporation. YEAR COMPLETED: 2003. BACKGROUND:
OUTCOMES:
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Micro Finance for Housing |
National Housing Finance Corporation | 2002 – 2003 | Housing and Development Finance |
PROJECT TITLE: Micro Finance for Housing.
CLIENT: National Housing Finance Corporation. YEAR COMPLETED: 2003. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Housing Finance |
National Housing Finance Corporation | 2001 | Housing and Development Finance |
PROJECT: Housing Finance.
CLIENT: National Housing Finance Corporation (NHFC). YEAR COMPLETED: 2001. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Municipal Housing and Finance Policy and Legislation |
Development Bank of Southern Africa and National Housing Finance Corporation | 2000 | Housing and Development Finance |
PROJECT TITLE: Municipal Housing and Finance Policy and Legislation.
CLIENT: Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and National Housing Finance Corporation (NHFC). YEAR COMPLETED: 2000. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Finance and Compliance Legislation |
Development Bank of Southern Africa and National Housing Finance Corporation | 1989; 2000 | Housing and Development Finance |
PROJECT TITLE: Finance and Compliance Legislation.
CLIENT: Development Bank of Southern Africa and National Housing Finance Corporation. YEARS COMPLETED: 1989; 2000. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Municipal Housing and Finance Policy and Legislation |
Development Bank of Southern Africa and National Housing Finance Corporation | 1998 | Housing and Development Finance |
PROJECT TITLE: Municipal Housing and Finance Policy and Legislation.
CLIENT: Development Bank of Southern Africa and National Housing Finance Corporation. YEAR COMPLETED: 1998. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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3. Neighbourhood Economies
- We clarify what broad based economic development options are available and implementable.
- We begin conversations that explore the HOW of broad based economic development.
- We clarify the required support.
- We identify practical steps needed to help test ideas in the formal and informal economy.
- We envision small regional economies to provide more economic options for our citizens.
- We help broad-based economic development projects.
- We first understand the challenges and achievements of micro and small enterprises.

PROJECT | CLIENT | YEAR | SECTOR |
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Investigation into the destruction of the Kayamandi Informal Producers Market |
Stellenbosch Transparency | Ongoing | Neighbourhood Economies |
PROJECT TITLE: Investigation into the destruction of the Kayamandi Informal Producers Market.
CLIENT: Stellenbosch Transparency. YEAR COMPLETED: Ongoing. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Neighbourhood Economies |
INSITE – Self initiated | Ongoing during 2016 | Neighbourhood Economies |
PROJECT TITLE: Neighbourhood Economies.
CLIENT: INSITE – Self initiated. YEAR COMPLETED: Ongoing during 2016. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
PHOTO: Manufacturing remains key to employment creation and broad-based development. |
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Informal – A Story of Street Trade |
Stellenbosch Transparency | 2014 | Neighbourhood Economies |
PROJECT TITLE: Informal – A Story of Street Trade.
CLIENT: Stellenbosch Transparency. YEAR COMPLETED: 2014. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Siyavuya Creche |
Vuya Endaweni Community Conservation Partnership | 2014 | Neighbourhood Economies |
PROJECT TITLE: Siyavuya Creche.
CLIENT: Vuya Endaweni Community Conservation Partnership. YEAR COMPLETED: 2014. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
PHOTO: Employment creation remains critical in environmental projects. Here unemployed Kayamandi residents protest for employment on an infrastructure upgrading project. |
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Vuya Endaweni Tours |
Vuya Endaweni Community Conservation Partnership | 2014 | Neighbourhood Economies |
PROJECT TITLE: Vuya Endaweni Tours.
CLIENT: Vuya Endaweni Community Conservation Partnership. YEAR COMPLETED: 2014. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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The Second Hand Shop |
Vuya Endaweni Community Conservation Partnership | 2013 | Neighbourhood Economies |
PROJECT TITLE: The Second Hand Shop.
CLIENT: Vuya Endaweni Community Conservation Partnership. YEAR COMPLETED: 2013. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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4. Social and Rental Housing
We review business processes based on the assumption that ‘form follows function’. We leave no stone unturned. We unpack each social housing function into its component tasks. We lay a foundation for HR development, organisational development, project proposals and funding.
In this sector we have:
- Mapped operations of housing organisations.
- Reviewed key tenant management functions.
- Designed systems for selling leases, applying for leases and managing tenants.
- Packaged funding applications.
- Developed business plans for housing companies.
- Trained tenants to understand their obligations.
We develop urban policies and strategies to promote inclusivity. We based strategies on a bottom-up view, the standpoint of the marginalised.

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Business Process Review of the Building and Tenant Management Functions (Social Housing) |
Africon (for Johannesburg Social Housing Company (JOSHCO) through the Gauteng Technical Resource Group (TRG) programme) | 2007 – 2008 | Social and Rental Housing |
PROJECT TITLE: Business Process Review of the Building and Tenant Management Functions (Social Housing).
CLIENT: Africon (for Johannesburg Social Housing Company (JOSHCO) through the Gauteng Technical Resource Group (TRG) programme). YEAR COMPLETED: 2008. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Design of Ten Generic Business Plans for Funding Purposes and Bankable Project Proposals |
Johannesburg Social Housing Company (JOSHCO) | 2007 | Social and Rental Housing |
PROJECT TITLE: Design of Ten Generic Business Plans for Funding Purposes and Bankable Project Proposal.
CLIENT: Johannesburg Social Housing Company (JOSHCO). YEAR COMPLETED: 2007. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Organisational Diagnostic and Strategic Plan |
Vusani Amadalobha (Social Housing Institution) | 2007 | Social and Rental Housing |
PROJECT TITLE: Organisational Diagnostic and Strategic Plan.
CLIENT: Vusani Amadalobho (Social Housing Institution). YEAR COMPLETED: 2007. BACKGROUND: Vusani Amadalobho required a strategic planning session to identify critical challenges and strategic alternatives to address these challenges. The brief was addressed through preliminary research to gather information, refine diagnostic tools with the client, complete organisational diagnostic analysis, run a one-day strategic session with the Vusani board, and finally develop a strategic report. OUTCOMES:
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Training Courses on Tenant Management (Social Housing) |
Johannesburg Social Housing Company (JOSHCO) | 2007 | Social and Rental Housing |
PROJECT TITLE: Training Courses on Tenant Management (Social Housing).
CLIENT: Johannesburg Social Housing Company (JOSHCO). YEAR COMPLETED: 2007. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Assessment and Support Consultant (Interim Social Housing Programme – Social Housing Restructuring Grant) (10 SHIs, 16 projects) |
Social Housing Foundation (SHF) | 2006 – 2007 | Social and Rental Housing |
PROJECT TITLE: Assessment and Support Consultant (Interim Social Housing Programme – Social Housing Restructuring Grant) (10 SHIs, 16 projects).
CLIENT: Social Housing Foundation (SHF). YEAR COMPLETED: 2007. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Development and facilitation of a workshop regarding Construction Models and Structures for Public and Private Project Contracts |
National Association of Social Housing Organisations (NASHO) | 2006 | Social and Rental Housing |
PROJECT TITLE: Development and facilitation of a workshop regarding Construction Models and Structures for Public and Private Project Contracts.
CLIENT: National Association of Social Housing Organisations (NASHO). YEAR COMPLETED: 2006. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Packaging 10 Bankable Projects for Debt Funding and Funding from the Housing Subsidy and Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF) (Capital Value: R250 million) |
Affordable Housing Company (AFHCO) | 2006 | Social and Rental Housing |
PROJECT TITLE: Packaging 10 Bankable Projects for Debt Funding and Funding from the Housing Subsidy and Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF) (Capital Value: R250 million).
CLIENT: Affordable Housing Company (AFHCO). YEAR COMPLETED: 2006 BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Capacity building for six Social Housing Institutions (SHIs) (Tenant Management) |
National Department of Housing/EU (Support Programme for Social Housing) | 2005 | Social and Rental Housing |
PROJECT TITLE: Capacity Building for six Social Housing Institutions (SHIs) (Tenant Management).
CLIENT: National Department of Housing/EU (Support Programme for Social Housing). YEAR COMPLETED: 2005. BACKGROUND: The SPSH aimed to identify critical areas of need in the area of tenant management for a range of selected Social Housing Institutions (SHIs). On this basis, technical assistance was to be provided to these SHIs to build their capacity in carrying out effective tenant management functions. The scope of work covered an initial needs analysis, a technical assistance response plan and the implementation of the said plan. OUTCOMES:
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Organisational Strategy Services for selected Social Housing Institutions (SHIs) |
Learning Strategies (Business Modelling SA) (for National Department of Housing/EU (Support Programme for Social Housing)) | 2005 | Social and Rental Housing |
PROJECT TITLE: Organisational Strategy Services for selected Social Housing Institutions (SHIs).
CLIENT: Business Modelling SA (for National Department of Housing/EU (Support Programme for Social Housing)(SPSH)). YEAR COMPLETED: 2005. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Property Management Services for selected Social Housing Institutions (SHIs) |
Learning Strategies (Business Modelling SA (for National Department of Housing/EU (Support Programme for Social Housing)) | 2005 | Social and Rental Housing |
PROJECT TITLE: Property Management Services for selected Social Housing Institutions (SHIs).
CLIENT: Business Modelling SA (for National Department of Housing/EU (Support Programme for Social Housing(SPSH)). YEAR COMPLETED: 2005. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Organisational Diagnostics for Six Social Housing Institutions (SHIs) |
Social Housing Foundation (SHF) (Project Management Unit (PMU)) | 2004 | Social and Rental Housing |
PROJECTS TITLE: Organisational Diagnostics for Six Social Housing Institutions (SHIs).
CLIENT: Social Housing Foundation (SHF) Project Management Unit (PMU). YEAR COMPLETED: 2004. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Financing and Investing in Social Housing: Data and Information Project |
National Housing Finance Corporation and Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF) (in association with Business Modelling SA, Nokusa Consulting and DAC Systems) | 2003 – 2004 | Social and Rental Housing |
PROJECT TITLE: Financing and Investing in Social Housing: Data and Information Project.
CLIENT: National Housing Finance Corporation (NHFC) and Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF) (in association with Business Modelling SA, Nokusa Consulting and DAC Systems). YEAR COMPLETED: 2004. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Small-Scale Private Landlords Feasibility Study |
Business Modelling SA (for USAID, Housing Finance Resource Project (HFRP) and Nurcha) | 2003 | Social and Rental Housing |
PROJECT TITLE: Small-Scale Private Landlords Feasibility Study.
CLIENT: Business Modelling SA (for USAID, Housing Finance Resource Project (HFRP) and Nurcha). YEAR COMPLETED: 2003. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Tenant Training |
Affordable Housing Company (AFHCO) | 2002 | Social and Rental Housing |
PROJECT TITLE: Tenant Training.
CLIENT: Affordable Housing Company (AFHCO). YEAR COMPLETED: 2002. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Executive Marketing Director |
Affordable Housing Company (AFHCO) | 1999 – 2004 | Social and Rental Housing |
PROJECT TITLE: Executive Marketing Director.
CLIENT: Affordable Housing Company (AFHCO). YEAR COMPLETED: 1999 – 2004. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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5. Sustainable Energy
Our settlements, livelihoods and quality of life depend on finite resources, oil and coal. We have to plan for a future where these resources are depleting. We need renewable resources to sustain life as we know it.
In this sector we have:
- Analysed the limits of energy usage on the macro-economy and society.
- Developed alternative scenarios for macro energy resource usage.
- Analysed the limits of energy usage on sustainable human settlements.
- Developed alternative scenarios for sustainable resource usage for human settlements.

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The One 1 Climate Fund - Feasibility Study |
Sustainability Institute and Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (for the Evangelical Churches of Westphalia) | 2015 | Sustainable Energy |
PROJECT TITLE: The One 1 Climate Fund – Feasibility Study.
CLIENT: Sustainability Institute and Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (for the Evangelical Churches of Westphalia). YEARS COMPLETED: 2015. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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The One 1 Climate Fund - Pre-Feasibility Study |
Sustainability Institute and Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (for the Evangelical Churches of Westphalia) | 2014 | Sustainable Energy |
PROJECT TITLE: The One 1 Climate Fund – Pre-Feasibility Study.
CLIENT: Sustainability Institute and Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (for the Evangelical Churches of Westphalia). YEARS COMPLETED: 2014. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Energy Efficient Design (for Intersite Property Management Services) |
Intersite Property Management Services | 2008 | Sustainable Energy |
PROJECT TITLE: Energy Efficient Design.
CLIENT: Intersite Property Management Services. YEAR COMPLETED: 2008. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Impact of Oil Depletion on SA Transportation System (for National Department of Transport) |
Association for the Study of Peak Oil SA (ASPO SA) | 2008 | Sustainable Energy |
PROJECT TITLE: Impact of Oil Depletion on SA Transportation System (for National Department of Transport).
CLIENT: Association for the Study of Peak Oil SA (ASPO SA). YEAR COMPLETED: 2008. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
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Peak Oil Scenarios for South Africa 2030 (for the Presidency) |
Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO SA) | 2007 | Sustainable Energy |
PROJECT TITLE: Peak Oil Scenarios for South Africa 2030 (for the Presidency).
CLIENT: Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO SA). YEAR COMPLETED: 2007. BACKGROUND: OUTCOMES:
PHOTO: High tech rail powered by coal-fired electricity versus solar energised residential structures. |