Progress Report on the Upgrading Of Informal Settlements Programme Portfolio Committee On Human Settlements 24 October 2017

Contents Background Distribution of informal settlements in SA Number of households in informal settlements UISP performance assessment Outcome 8 Delivery Agreement National Upgrading Support Programme (NUSP) Feasibility Studies of informal settlements MTSF Delivery Questions/Issues for scaling up delivery Annexure: Example of feasibility study and upgrading plan

UISP Finding of Performance Assessments Informal Settlement Growth - 300 in 1994 to 2700+ in 2010 There were few examples of good practice, and … There was little awareness of programme and use of the most appropriate subsidies and UISP at sub-national level Sectoral coordination was found to be weak Implementation – emphasis was more on ‘eradicate’ rather than ‘upgrade’, emphasis on top structures No real information on communities, & how upgrading can strengthen livelihood strategies Little community-based participation Low density layouts & usually located at urban peripheries with minimal community participation Increase in service delivery protests and often violent Service levels often inappropriate, entail high future costs to municipalities

Outcome 8 Delivery Agreement/MTSF Targets 2010- 2014 Target : 400 000 households in well-located informal settlements to receive access to basic services and secure tenure 2010 -2014 Achievement : 447 780 through HSDG and USDG funding 2014-2019 Target: 750 000 households in informal settlement upgraded to Phase 2 services (Communal)

National Upgrading Support Programme (NUSP) Objectives Promote incremental upgrading as a major complementary housing programme, in line with Part 3 of Code (Where possible, in-situ) Support Delivery Agreement / MTSF targets to improve basic infrastructure, services and land tenure for informal settlement households Improve programmatic approach to upgrading, strengthening coordination with other sectors and partners Strengthen capacity of government and professional practitioners to implement community-based incremental upgrading

NUSP Programme Offerings Provision of Technical Assistance to provinces and municipalities for the development and implementation of upgrading programmes and plans Capacity Building and Training to practitioners and community members in the field of informal settlement upgrading Knowledge Services and Information dissemination to the upgrading community of practice Housing Development Agency (HDA) activities on upgrading in Mining Towns are coordinated by the NDHS/NUSP City Support Programme Partnership with Treasury in Metros

Feasibility Guideline Category A: Imminent Full Upgrading (Rapid Formalisation, full services) Category B 1: Interim basic services (Provision of interim services leading to eventual formalisation) Category B 2: Emergency basic services (Provision of emergency basic services BUT leading to eventual relocation) Category C: Rapid relocation to a site which is already available or imminently available

NUSP Performance Municipalities: 92 Assessments/Feasibility studies: 1200+ Upgrading Plans: 850+ Some 230 plans and 350 feasibility studies in process to be completed in 2017/18 (Little evidence of NUSP plans in Annual Provincial Business Plans and Built Environment Performance Plans in Municipality)

Settlement Information Cabinet requested more detailed information on settlements A Technical Minmec Workshop held 19/20 September 2016 to agree on reporting within Provinces and Metropolitan Municipalities Provincial Coordinating Committees established Template developed and approved and information to be submitted by Oct 2016 Informal settlement workshop on 20 Oct 2017 as a pre-summit workshop to ensure policy and related matters are attended to as part if the policy development process

Settlement Information Limpopo: 80 settlements with fairly good information KZN: 116 settlements are part of the Slums Clearance project in Ethekwini and a service provider has been appointed to undertake verification and categorization Eastern Cape : 249 settlements – fairly good information Free State: 149 settlements – Gaps in Mangaung being addressed Mpumalanga: 208 settlements and verification and categorization exercise being undertaken Northern Cape: 104 settlements. Good information Western Cape: 122 settlements excluding Metro with good information. NW: No information and verification and categorization exercise being undertaken Gauteng: Generally poor information – Sedibeng 36; Tshwane 118; West Rand 105; Ekurhuleni 117 and verification and categorization exercise being undertaken

REMAINING NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS MTSF STATUS: UPGRADING OF INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS: 30 JUNE 2017 Annexure B PROVINCE TARGET ACTUAL DELIVERY REMAINING NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS MTSF Annual 2014/15 to 2016/17 2017/18 Total Eastern Cape 16 005 3 201 32 916 2079 34 995 -18 990 Buffalo City 18 980 3 796 1 561 17 419 NMMM 14 810 2 962 6 236 8 574 Free State 36 900 7 380 12 614 238 12 852 24 048 Mangaung 12 480 2 496 4 811 7 669 Gauteng 41 275 8 255 23 758 24 288 16 987 City of JHB 95 225 19 045 15 629 79 596 City of Tshwane 62 515 12 503 7 733 54 782 Ekurhuleni 83 195 16 639 3 660 79 535 KwaZulu-Natal 23 870 4 774 17 300 538 17 838 6 032 Ethekwini 56 905 11 381 75 348 -18 443 Limpopo 28 260 5 652 5 025 634 6 138 22 122 Mpumalanga 44 785 8 957 21 244 2196 21 296 23 489 Northern Cape 15 185 3 037 5 784 9 401 North West 86 255 17 251 16 821 17 106 69 149 Western Cape 29 970 5 994 21 948 62 22 023 7 947 COCT 83 390 16 678 11 348 72 042 750 000 150 000 285 043 5 747 290 790 459 210

USDG: SHARED SERVICES (WATER POINT AND SANITATION POINTS) METRO NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS BENEFITTING 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 TOTAL BUFFALO CITY 1 400 496 1 000 N/A 2 896 NELSON MANDELA BAY 24 876 23 835 22 700 71 411 MANGAUNG 31 306 30 119 27 798 89 223 CITY OF JOHANNESBURG 5 245 2 841 8 086 CITY OF TSHWANE 2 072 1 874 210 4 156 EKURHULENI 4 935 10 641 18 287 33 863 ETHEKWINI 8 000 9 000 10 000 27 000 CITY OF CAPE TOWN 21 175 22 420 10 830 54 455 99 009 101 226 90 825 291 060

Challenges Ability to achieve the MTSF Target and correctness of reporting Reduction in settlements/households and densification consequences NUSP Plans not reflected in Provincial Business Plans and BEPP Implementation pipeline for informal settlements Improving prioritisation and budget allocation for the Programme Improving information management and reporting Consolidation of Capacity Support and Application

Thank You

Feasibility Studies FEASABILITY STUDIES: INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS ARE ASSESSED AND CATEGORSIED INTO THE FOLLWING FOUR CATEGORIES A- Full upgrade in terms of services, top structures and tenure is appropriate, affordable, and viable. Informal settlement which upgrading can take place in the short term. B1- Interim basic services as a precursor to an eventual full upgrade. These settlements are those which are viable for full upgrading in longer term but where it is not imminent. B2- This refers to settlements where long term upgrading is not appropriate or viable but relocation is not urgent or possible. C- Informal settlements which face significant risks (health, environmental or any associated harmful situations) in their current location.

Informal Settlement In Madibeng Local Municipality Wawiel Ext 1 & 2 Propose interventions Category B2/C IMMEDIATE INTERVENTIONS: Water – Provide additional temporary storage tanks to be filled daily (4 tanks in total) − Sewer – Private pit latrines in place (LLOS), provide communal pit latrines / portable toilets − Refuse – provide skips / provide regular service INTERMEDIATE Water – provide communal stand pipes (±3 points) − Sewer – Provide communal ablution facilities − Roads – Provide access roads for emergency vehicles − Electricity – Provide highmast lighting CLEAR AREA OF DEVELOPMENT DUE TO FLOODLINE

Wawiel Ext 1& 2: Proposed Infrastructure Interventions

Proposed Upgrading Plan

Housing Typologies Tenements Row houses UNIT SIZE: Varies UNIT SIZE: +/- 20 – 30 m² ERF SIZE: +/- 40 – 45 m² UNIT SIZE: Varies ERF SIZE: +/- 200 – 400 m²