Chief Directorates
Purpose: To manage the development of Human Settlement strategy.
Functions:
1. Provide spatial planning and management services.
2. Provide and maintain a Human Settlements master plan.
3. Provide a Human Settlements Strategy management services
Purpose: To manage Human Settlements planning.
Functions:
1. Provide an implementation planning framework.
2. Provide research and development services.
3. Provide Delivery Channel Management services
CD: Stakeholder Relations and Intergovernmental Relations
Purpose: To manage stakeholder Relationships and Intergovernmental Relations services.
Functions:
1. Implement Intergovernmental Relations Frameworks.
2. Provide stakeholder liaison services.
3. Manage international relations services.
4. Develop, manage and support implantation of community Driven Housing
Initiative and related programmes.
CD: Operation Policy Framework
Purpose: To manage human settlement policy framework development.
Functions:
1. Provide a macro policy framework.
2. Provide a policy development framework.
3. Oversee an accreditation policy framework
Purpose: To manage compliance to Human Settlement government frameworks.
Functions:
1. Provide sectoral transformational programmes and initiatives.
2. Provide Research services.
3. Provide operational compliance policy frameworks.
Purpose: To advise on the project integration, quality assurance and provide assistance to the
portfolio committee.
Functions:
1. Provide project integration services.
2. Conduct project quality assurance.
3. Provisioning of Parliamentary Committees Management Services
Purpose: To manage the conceptualisation and planning of Human Settlement strategic programmes and
projects.
Functions:
1. Provide programmes and portfolio planning services.
2. Provide delivery agreements.
3. Provide project resourcing inputs.
4. Provide project risk management services.
CD: Programme Implementation Facilitation
Purpose: To manage the implementation and facilitation of Human Settlement projects.
Functions:
1. Provide programme implementation support.
2. Provide support to informal settlements upgrading projects.
3. Provide implementation support to provinces and municipalities for the unblocking of stalled projects.
4. Provide ensure regulatory support and oversight of the Rental housing &
Community driven housing initiatives sectors and dealing with tenant protection issues.
CD: Programme Monitoring and Evaluation
Purpose: To manage the monitoring and evaluation of Human Settlements projects.
Functions:
1. Provide monitoring and evaluation services.
2. Provide monitoring and evaluation impact assessments to entities and policy.
3. Manage the integrity of data and the quality of housing information, establishing suitable
verification mechanisms, ensure availability of the information for ease of use, and ensure aligned reports at various for
Purpose: To manage corporate services to the Department.
Functions:
1. Provide security management services.
2. Provide facilities management.
3. Provide registry and records management services.
4. Provide library and information services.
CD: Information Management Systems and IT Systems
Purpose: To manage Management Information Systems and Information Technology Systems and Infrastructure support services.
Functions:
1. Provide Management Information Systems.
2. Provide Information Technology Systems .
3. Provide Information Technology Infrastructure and business application and systems support.
Purpose: To manage Human resource Management services in the Department
Functions:
1. Provide Human Resource Management support services.
2. Provide labour relations services.
3. Provide Human Resource Development services.
4. Facilitate Organisational Transformation services.
Purpose: To: manage legal services for Human Settlements.
Functions:
1. Provide legal advisory/ litigation services.
2. Provide contract management services.
3. Develop Human Settlements related legislations
Purpose: To manage inter and intra communication services to the Department.
Functions:
1. Provide corporate communication services.
2. Provide media services.
3. Manage and coordinate public information and marketing services.
Purpose: To oversee the enhancement of Human Settlement operations through effective Enterprise Architecture services.
Functions
1. Provide Enterprise Architecture establishment and enablement services.
2. Provide Enterprise Architecture monitoring and control functions
CD: Technical Capacity Development
Purpose: To manage the development of the technical capacity of the HS industry.
Functions:
1. Provide technical development programmes to the Sector.
2. Facilitate projects to professionalise Human Settlement Sector.
3. Provide technical training and skills development to the Sector.
CD: Regulatory Compliance Services
Purpose: To manage regulatory compliance services.
Functions:
1. Provide Human Settlements Legislation and Research monitoring services.
2. Provide oversight management and policy advocacy to the Department’s entities.
Purpose: To manage the allocation and utilisation of Human Settlements funding.
Functions:
1. The sourcing and monitoring of Human Settlements funding.
2. The co-ordination of the distribution and utilisation of Human Settlements grants.
3. The ensuring of equitable lending practices for home loans.
Purpose: To manage and facilitate financial administration services.
Functions:
1. The providing of management accounting services.
2. The providing of financial accounting and internal control services.
3. The providing of supply chain management services.
CD: Internal Audit, Risk Management
Purpose : To manage departmental risks, internal audit and special
investigations services/ functions of the Department.
Functions :
1. Manage the internal audit services/ functions.
2. develop, implement and monitor the Departmental risk policy and plan.
3. Manage and co-ordinate the special investigation functions/services.
Purpose: To provide executive support to the Office of the Director General.
Functions:
1. Provide Parliamentary service to the Department.
2. Provide Executive and Logistical support to the Office of the Director-General.
3. Provide corporate secretariat service to various committees and governance structures.
CD: Governance Framework

