Media Alert - 20 October 2010

The Department of Human Settlements and Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) are hosting Knowledge Week – a platform for knowledge creation and sharing around human settlements development.

The three day conference will be opened by the Minister of Human Settlements Tokyo Sexwale and the Chief Executive of DBSA, Paul Baloyi and addressed by Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan.

Themed ‘South African Human Settlements 2030 – Re-thinking the spatial development trajectory’ the conference will cover issues such as spatial trends and planning responses, institutional reconfiguration, key drivers of sustainable human settlements, environmental considerations, funding and politics of space.

This collaboration around Knowledge Week comes as part of the Department’s drive to create strategic partnerships that will help fast-track delivery and provide technical support needed to achieve the Human Settlements’ mandate.

Date: 20-22 October
Time: 08h30
Venue: DBSA - Vulindlela Academy Headway Hill 1258 Lever Road Midrand

For more information contact:
Mandulo Maphumulo                                                                          Jabu Mthembu
Department of Human Settlements                                                    Development Bank of Southern Africa
012 421 1423                                                                                         011 313 3747
079 699 5145                                                                                         082 909 8505
mandulo.maphumulo@dhs.gov.za                                                      jabum@dbsa.org.za

Press Release Date: 
Wednesday, October 20, 2010