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HUMAN SETTLEMENTS YOUTH SUMMIT PRESENTATION ON THE YOUTH BRIGADE PROGRAMME & IMPLEMENTATION Deputy Director General: Mr M Tshangana

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• DHS is committed to delivering 1.5 million

housing opportunities in the next 5 years (2014-2019)

• This falls in line with the construction

targets as outlined in the NDP 2030

• DHS seeks to mainstream participation of

Youth in the sector to match the vision of the dept.

• Human Settlements Youth Brigade

(HSYB) aims to take advantage of these

• pportunities

INTRODUCTION

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Youth Development in South SA

• SA Government is pro youth Development
• Implementation: Done through government

Departments, Private Sector, CBO’s, NGO’s,etc

• Supporting Policy and Legislation: African Charter,

National Youth Policy 2009-2014, Skills Development Act, etc

• Pronouncements: SONA – 17 June 2014, NT Budget

Vote, HS Budget Vote Speech

• Benchmarking: National and Internationally

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HS as Economic Driver

Over the past 20 years human Settlements provision has:

• Contributed asset economic opportunities

through construction of 2.8 million houses;

• Provided work opportunities through bulk

infrastructure for over 876 774 serviced sites;

• Created 1.259 million direct and indirect jobs

in construction (Source: National Development Plan)

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YOUTH BRIGADE CONCEPT

A Youth Brigade is a youth cadre movement committed to create a patriotic service to enhance the development goals and

• bjectives through service delivery. The

youth are placed in different sectors to deliver service to different departments. The purpose of the Youth Brigade is to build patriotism and constructive civic engagements (NYS Learning Forum).

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Physical Element

Land Internal Services Top Structures Other Amenities External Services

Financial Element

Financial Structuring Feasibility Costing Cost Apportionment & Funding Sources

Institutional Element

Legal Structures & Communication Contractual

• Constitution
• Legislation
• Regulations
• Policies and

Guidelines

• Roles and

Responsibilities

• Communication
• Systems and

Processes

• Values

Social Element

Social Profile Security Market Need Location

HS Value Chain

Opportunities scope created by BNG

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Current Existing Programmes

• Youth Build Comprehensive: Implemented in Ivory

Park (2010/11), Escourt, (Winterveldt, Jan Kempdorp

• (2013-14)
• Youth Build Letsema (Blitz/ Ilima):
• Project entails construction of 76 housing units to

commemorate 1976 youth uprisings.

• Project implemented-Umlalazi (2009), Ivory Park

(2010), Ga Manthata (2011), Kirkwood (2012), Langa (2013) Lindelani (2014),

• National Youth Service

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Current Models NYS/ YB MODEL

Community Service Structured Learning & Individual Development Exit Opportunities: Self or formal employment & Further learning

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Integrated model that harness the potential of youth to become active citizens that contribute to social development as they gain skills. This programme is implemented in partnership with all DHS Provinces, Key Municipalities, National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) and NHBRC

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GAUTENG: Ivory Park 2010

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HS BASKET OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH

Education & Skills Development Stream: Mainstreaming participation of youth to access education and skills development opportunities:

• Professionalisation: Human Settlements Degree, and

Built Environment courses, Property Management, Town & Regional planning, Real Estate, etc

• Education and training: short skills training,

Learnerships, Internships, Apprenticeship eg Estate Agency, Tenants management, etc

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HS BASKET OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH

• Enterprise Development stream:

Intensifying participation of youth in the HS value chain (Planners, Project managers, Engineers, Conveyancers, Contractors etc)

• Youth owned entities: Mentoring and

Coaching, sub contracting, contracting, bridging finance

• Local procurement to support Manufacturing

and materials supply

• Quota’s/ set asides : 10 % of mega projects

for youth owned entities

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HS BASKET OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH

Youth Enterprise development stream:

• PHP: project management, Self build housing

coops, supporting savings for housing,

• Social and rental housing:
• Access to housing finance: for housing and

incremental housing (RHLF, NURCHA, NHFC)

• Green Economy: Energy Efficiency, alternative

technology, Waste recycling/Management, etc

• Construction of social and economic amenities

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BASKET OF OPPORTUNITIES/ 2

National Youth Service (implemented in partnership with mega and approved housing projects – 2000 youth intake per annum)

• Skills training: Bricklaying, etc
• Community service (actual construction of a

house)

• Artisan Training (Two year programme with

FET’s) ending with trade test

• Structured HS exit opportunities
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KZN: Umlalazi (Eshowe) 2009

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YOUTH BRIGADE (HSYB)

• Minister anounced the launch of Brigade

during the 2014/15 budget vote speech

• HSYB will mobilize (10 000) youth in the next 5

yrs (2000 per annum starting in 2015).

• HSYB will partner with DRDLR to place 10000

National Rural Youth Service Corps (NARYSEC)

• Focus of the programme will be to entrench

Patriotism and Service culture by providing technical & life skills training, character building programme and facilitate access to economic opportunities in human settlements mega projects and entire value chain as exit

• pportunities.

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GUARD OF HONOR – EASTERN CAPE- Ludalazi (Port St Johns) 2013

Hand Over of a house: Indigent Beneficiary

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YOUTH BRIGADE

Structured Exit Opportunities:

• 10% youth contracting opportunities in mega

projects either as individual business or cooperatives

• 10% of allocation of budget to youth owned business
• n human settlements projects (Budget allocation)
• Human Settlements Business Plans aligned to

allocation quotas (Provs & Metros)

• Youth, women and people with disability friendly

procurement process

• Self Build housing cooperatives supported
• National call ups for service (HS Ambassadors)

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LIMPOPO: Ga Manthata (Dendron): 2011

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YOUTH BRIGADE

• Mentoring and coaching of youth enterprises
• Prioritising youth from human Settlements sector

training interventions in employment in government, HSI’s and private sector

• Prioritising training and education aligned to broad

human settlements opportunities

• Youth sector commitment on fast-tracking housing

delivery

• This will culminate into signing of DHS-Youth Accord/

Pledge NB: Benchmarking with Department of Public Works, Cuba, Botswana, Tanzania & Ethopia has happned

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PROGRAMME FUNDING

• Advanced partnerships for cost sharing in

programme implementation

• DHS
• EAAB
• NYDA
• NHBRC
• National Skills Fund (NSF)
• Provincial Departments
• Metros & Municipalities
• Sister Departments & Stakeholders

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NORTHERN CAPE: Jan Kempdorp Training Site: Bricklaying

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NORTHERN CAPE: Sol Plaatje (Lindelani): 2014

Completed Youth Build Product

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INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

• Programme coordinated under new branch

focussing on Youth & Women Empowerment and cascaded to Provinces

• Mainstreaming of the Youth Brigade programme
• Internal & External Social partners and Stakeholder

working groups

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THANK YOU

“We have come a long way – Celebrating 20 Years

• f Freedom!”

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