ORGANIGRAM : COMMUNICATION & STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT STRUCTURE Upgrading of Informal Settlement Programme (UISP) aims to improve the living conditions of people living in informal settlements by improving access to basic services (Level 1 - 3) and a choice of tenure options (Level 4 onwards). The Department of Human Settlements’ UISP facilitates the structured upgrading of … Continue reading Introduction to Mossel Bay UISP Communication & Stakeholder Engagement Structure : An Integrated Approach

Asla Park C 2nd Meeting with Community and BLC Volunteer Members We had a fruitful meeting with the beneficiary community of Asla C on Tuesday the 29th of September at the Asla C Community Hall.  The Municipality was represented by Solomzi Mavi, Senior Housing Officer (Stakeholder Liaison & Communication) and Lucky Nonyati (Liaison Officer for Human … Continue reading Asla Park C Election of BLC Volunteer Members

“I would like to say that our meeting went very well, thank you” was the feedback from one of the BLC volunteer members at the meeting with the beneficiary community of Asla E on the 17th of September 2020 at the Ilithalethu Day Care Centre.  Lucky-Boy Nonyati from the Mossel Bay Municipality opened the meeting … Continue reading Asla Park E Meeting with Community and BLC Volunteer Members

We had a very productive meeting and were able to discuss the great progress we have made in the last few weeks regarding the UISP and the Temporary Relocation Accommodation (TRA) facility establishment.  We have elected two more BLC volunteer members for Transand, which brings the total Transand BLC representation to seven.  The addition of … Continue reading UISP Transand Community & BLC Meeting

The Mossel Bay Municipality and Zutari, the Implementing Agent of Zutari had a meeting with the community of Asla Park C to nominate and elect additional Beneficiary Liaison Committee (BLC) members to collaborate and participate on behalf of the beneficiary community that it represents, in order to ensure meaningful community-based participatory planning. There was not … Continue reading UISP Asla Park C Community Meeting

A well-attended meeting was called by the Mossel Bay Municipality and Zutari, the Implementing Agent of the UISP on the 14th of September at the KwaNonqaba Community Hall.  The focus of the meeting was to inform the community about the current status of the project, the way forward, and to elect additional members of the … Continue reading UISP Emfuleni Community Meeting

The construction of the fence around the Temporary Relocation Accomodation (TRA) facility is underway and progressing well. The tender for the construction of the engineering services for Phase 1 of the Mossel Bay UISP is currently being advertised, and the construction of the TRA facility forms part of Phase 1.  The TRA facility will be … Continue reading Construction underway to erect Fence on TRA site

A leadership development workshop was held on the 12th of September 2020 at the KwaNonqaba Community Hall with fifteen BLC members from Emfuleni, Transand, Asla Park C and E, Ward Councillors and officials from the Mossel Bay Municipality. The primary purpose of the workshop was to inform, engage and cover some leadership training aspects with … Continue reading Leadership during the Verification and Relocation Process / Ubunkokheli ngexhesha lokuqinisekisa kunye nenkqubo yokufuduka

The tender for the construction of Civil Engineering Services for the UISP Phase 1 areas has been advertised. The tender documents can be downloaded from the Municipality's website: https://www.mosselbay.gov.za/tenders-available Ref No.TDR64/2020/2021 Date opened:04/09/2020 Closing Date:09/10/2020 MOSSEL BAY MUNICIPALITYINVITATION TO TENDERCLOSING TIME: 12:00 CLOSING DATE: 9 OCTOBER 2020TDR64/2020/2021: CONSTRUCTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR 680 ERVEN … Continue reading Tender for Construction of Civil Engineering Services – UISP Phase 1

The Asivikelane is an initiative of IBP South Africa, Planact, the SASDI Alliance, Afesis-corplan, DAG, SJC and Grassroot with funding provided by the European Union, Open Society Foundation, Luminate and Raith Foundation. By responding to three questions weekly about their access to water, clean toilets and waste removal, residents offer a window into their daily … Continue reading Mossel Bay Municipality shines Green on Asivikelane!

Community champions (BLC Leaders) took the initiative to provide cooked meals for the informal settlement community. With donations made by DAG and Aurecon, DAG assisted the leaders to add to purchase supplies and thereby extended their reach. The money that was donated was split between Wolwedans B, Brandwacht and Ruiterbos as well as for airtime … Continue reading Donations going towards feeding communities

The Mossel Bay Municipality has procured material to be used to clean the toilets in the Informal Settlement Areas.   Cleaning materials are distributed to leaders in each of the settlements, with the help of the NGO (Development Action Group), as well as the Implementing Agent for the UISP Project (Aurecon).  No CWP workers are used … Continue reading Distribution of Cleaning Materials to Informal Settlement Areas

The construction of the interim shared basic services that is seen as the first step in this incremental upgrading process is progressing well. These photos were taken across some of the areas in Kwanonqaba where construction is nearing completion:

See our project website address displayed on the site notice boards at the entrance of Kwanonqaba as well as the site camp at Emfuleni:

THE UPGRADING OF INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME (UISP) – PRECINCT 2 & 3, MOSSEL BAY: ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION IN TERMS OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT, 1998 (ACT 107 OF 1998) (“NEMA”) Environmental Authorisations have been issued for the Mossel Bay UISP Precinct 2 and 3 Section 24G Environmental Applications, that were submitted to the Western Cape … Continue reading Environmental Authorisations Granted

The Janitorial Capacity Building Programme is an initiative that will be registered under the Community Development Workers Programme and is aimed at training people that will look at the cleaning and maintenance of the toilet facilities that are being installed as part of the overall Mossel Bay UISP Project. The process is underway to register … Continue reading Janitorial Capacity Building Programme

Framework Tender for Civil Engineering Contractors in the Mossel Bay Municipal Area on various Construction Works in various Human Settlement and other Infrastructural Development Programmes/Projects The above tender consists of the following 4 elements: Framework tender to appoint a panel of contractors for the Municipality on various construction works for human settlements and infrastructural development … Continue reading Tenders closed for the appointment of a Contractor

TENDER NO 36-18/19: FRAMEWORK TENDER FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS IN THE MOSSEL BAY MUNICIPAL AREA ON VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION WORKS IN VARIOUS HUMAN SETTLEMENT AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES/PROJECTS The closing date for the above tender, which includes the appointment of a contractor to commence with the construction of the first phase of the UISP project … Continue reading Tender closing date extended!

The town planning approvals for phase 1 of the UISP Project has been received! This can enable the General Plans to be prepared and submitted to the Surveyor General for approval. The first phase of the UISP consists of the following components: - 88 Enhanced serviced sites in areas Asla Park C, Asla Park E … Continue reading Town Planning Approvals for Phase 1 of the UISP