Newsletter No. 23
29 August 2005 


N2 GATEWAY PROJECT
Ministers on
housing delivery tour
An inter-governmental delegation will meet in Langa on Wednesday 23 August, to find ways to expedite housing delivery in the Western Cape.
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Shacks along the N2 in Cape Town
(Photo: Habitat for Humanity)

EMPLOYMENT
Expanded Public Works Programme
Thousands of people in the Eastern Cape are set to get employment opportunities through government's multi-million rand Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP).
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FORGING TIES

Municipal managers off to US
As part of an exchange initiative between SACN and the International City and Country Management Association (ICMA), members from Msunduzi, Mangaung and Buffalo City municipalities jet off the US today.
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PROJECT CONSOLIDATE

Municipal imbizos to be intensified
The three spheres of government are to embark on municipal izimbizo to match the work that President Thabo Mbeki and Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka are already doing.
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ELECTIONS

IEC volunteers get
training on voter registration
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) facilitators are training 57 000 election staff to assist on voter registration day on September 3.
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WARD COMMITTES

Mbeki calls for
co-operation in local govt system
President Thabo Mbeki has called for co-operation among ward committee members, councillors, the provincial and national government to change the lives of poor people for the better.
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HOUSING

Mbeki opens Brickfields housing
Brickfields, in Newtown, has been given the president's blessing and the thumbs up from the premier.
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BUFFALO CITY

City moves to collect RDP debt
In a bid to increase revenue from RDP houses, Buffalo City is chaning its approach to managing ratepayer's accounts.
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JOBURG

City reports record
revenue collection of R7,6bn
The City of Johannesburg reported that it has made a record collection of R7,6-billion in rates for the 2004/05 financial year.
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HOUSING

Ekurhuleni residents get new homes
They have lived in a precarious settlement for years, but now the residents of Harry Gwala in Ekurhuleni will have safe houses of their own.
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ELECTRICITY

RED Two to be
launched early in 2006
The country's second Regional Electricity Distributor (RED) will be launched early next year. Municipalities that will benefit from Red Two include Ekurhuleni and Mangaung.
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EKURHULENI

Mayor promises to upgrade housing
The mayor of Ekurhuleni has promised that within the next 18 months, people living in certain informal settlements in Tembisa will have adequate accommodation.
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IN CONVERSATION
WITH DPLG

Sithole Mbanga, CEO of the South African Cities Network spoke to Department of Provincial and Local Government's (DPLG) Derek Powell, deputy director general responsible for intergovernmental relations.
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LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Local Economic Development (LED) offers local government, private and non-profit sectors, and the local community the opportunity to work together to improve the local economy. Visit the World Bank website for useful LED material.


SACN REPORTS

Urban Renewal Report

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