Hon Deputy Chairperson, the overall performance rate of the department is 52,4% with a 99,7% budget expenditure. Rate suggests that the performance function and budget for the department do not appear well- aligned. A seemingly recurring challenge for the department.
Over the past three years, programme 3, which refers to the department's delivery support, has underperformed when compared to other programmes. Thirty one point five percent of targets were met during the 2017-18 financial year while 76,32% of the finale appropriated budget for the programme was spent.
Compare this to 2016-17 financial year where 41,2% of targets were met and 69,7% of the final appropriated budget was spent. While there has been an improvement in the expenditure, there has been a regression in terms of performance.
These are some of the targets that were not met during the 2017-18 financial year: out of a planned 400 informal settlements that well planned to be assessed, only 61 were assessed; out of a planned 300 informal settlements upgrading plans that had to be developed, only 109 were completed; out of a planned 1 700 nonstatutory military veterans that had to be adequately housed, only 480 received adequate housing; out of a target of 6 000 social housing units, only 3 535 units were delivered.
Gee my kans, ek is daar. [Give me a chance, I'm there.]
According to the presentation by the department to the select committees on 19 July the post 1994 backlog for title deeds as of 31 March 2019 is 500 845.
In 25 years of democracy the government has failed to provide dignified housing for our poor people. This has resulted in the much rooming of illegal shacks and land invasions. It is not clear how the department plans to offer support to municipalities and provinces as to improve the delivery of human settlements.
This budget does not provide a solution on how to address these serious challenges, except baie dankie, enkosi kakhulu [thank you very much]. [Applause.]