The South African Cities Network (SACN) was established in 2002 by the Minister for Provincial and Local Government, in collaboration with the mayors of South Africa's largest cities and the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), as an independent Section 21 company with the mandate to: Promote good governance and management in South African cities;Analyse … Continue reading The Mossel Bay Upgrading of Informal Settlements (UISP) showcased on the South African Cities Network Good Hood Stories Initiative

See the latest video of the Emergency Shared Basic Services project uploaded under the Project Overview - IBS page! "Once we secure access to clean water and to adequate sanitation facilities for all people, irrespective of the difference in their living conditions, a huge battle against all kinds of diseases will be won." Dr LEE … Continue reading Zutari video – Emergency Shared Basic Services

The Project wins the award for the best Community-based project at the SAICE National Award on Thursday evening, the 12th of November 2020. https://videopress.com/v/rta2MADg?preloadContent=metadata https://videopress.com/v/7gClLOAG?preloadContent=metadata

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