01Dec, 2016

UPDATE OF THE 10TH GOVAN MBEKI AWARDS

On the 24th November 2016 the Department of Human Settlements hosted the 10th Govan Mbeki Awards at the Chief Albert Luthuli ICC, Durban.   The NHBRC was one of the Sponsors in ensuring that the event is a success and that the brand is out there.   The following was sponsored by the NHBRC: Five […]

13Oct, 2016

NHBRC hosts a youth in construction seminar at Buffalo City Metro

The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) in partnership with Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality is hosted a youth in construction seminar at Cambridge Town Hall in East London on 12 October 2016. The purpose of the seminar is to empower young entrepreneurs and unemployed youth with information on various opportunities that are available in construction […]

11Oct, 2016

NHBRC Council inspects Lerato Park Military Veterans Housing Project

The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) members of council visited the Lerato Park housing project in Kimberley today as part of their oversight responsibility. The purpose of the site inspection by NHBRC senior officials is to highlight the importance of regulation in the housing industry. “We are visiting projects in order to ensure that […]

10Oct, 2016

NHBRC talks innovation at Mpumalanga Inspectorate workshop

Witbank. The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) is hosting a two-day technical inspectorate workshop in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga with a focus on innovative building technologies from 15 to 16 September 2016. The multi-stakeholder workshop is being attended by inspectors from the NHBRC, Municipalities and the Provincial Department of Human Settlements. NHBRC Mpumalanga Provincial Manager, Edwin […]

05Oct, 2016

National Human Settlements Conference to pave the way for sustainable solutions to housing in South Africa

Port Elizabeth, Wednesday 05 October, 2016 – The Minister of Human Settlements, Lindiwe Sisulu, will tomorrow launch the National Human Settlements conference in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. Themed Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements Begin Today, the conference will bring together various international and local experts and role players to discuss ways in which to tackle […]

04Sep, 2016

Deputy Minister for Human Settlements Zou Kota-Fredericks launches NHBRC 2016 Women Empowerment Porgramme

Deputy Minister of Human Settlements, Hon. Zou Kota-Fredericks today announced the launch of the 2016 National Home Builders Registration Council’s (NHBRC) Women Empowerment Programme (WEP). The announcement was made during an event in Itsoseng, Ditsobotla District in North West Province. It was during the occasion when she was handing over 60 housing units to elderly […]

26Aug, 2016

NHBRC Council members visit Mpumalanga projects

This week the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) Members of Council paid a visit to three building projects in Nelspruit as part of their experiential visits to provinces. The projects visited included an innovative building technology project in Sonheuwel (Kiaat Estate) as well as two other non-subsidy projects in the area. Moore Blignaut Investments […]

18Aug, 2016

NHBRC Council inspects Dark and Silver City Community Rental Units

On 18 August 2016 Council members of the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) visited Dark and Silver City Community Rental Units in their effort to monitor and evaluate building standards on the ground. NHBRC Member of Council Themba Dlamini highlighted that the NHBRC will not tolerate any non-compliance and shoddy workmanship from homebuilders. “We […]

12Aug, 2016

NHBRC Council inspects major Johannesburg housing project

Johannesburg – Today Council Members of the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) assessed building standards at the Fleurhof housing project as part of its oversight responsibility. Situated between Meadowlands and Florida, the township project will link Johannesburg’s Soweto township with the city’s more affluent suburbs and forms part of the City of Johannesburg’s residential […]