Mpho Mafinya

Declaration of Priority Development

Preparation of Development Plan for 136 Priority Human settlement and Housing Development Area

Facilitate Review of Priority Development Areas

Development of Projects pipelines

Facilitate National Spatial Planning Human Settlement Forum

Budgeting and expenditure control of all projects within the unit

Intergovernmental responsibilities ( collaboration with sector departments, SALGA and various stakeholders)

Preparing reports to the CEO for Ministers and Presidential report

Establishing and Managing contractual relationship (IP, MoU and MTOP)

Development planning and project packaging ( township establishments and project preparation)

Manage future planning initiatives (alignment with business plans and municipal strategic plans)

Budgeting and Financial Management

Land Assembly & Development Financing

• Projects planning
• Facilitate project planning (of PHDAs) in line with HDA project service offering
• Facilitate project inception to ensure achievement of the overall programme strategy
• Facilitate and oversee development planning processes to ensure compliance and alignment with PHDA approach requirements
• Identifying and mobilising technical capacity and funding support to enable PHDA project development planning and achievement of PHDA project and programme intentions and strategy
• Integrate IGR requirements into the PHDA projects and process design and management
• Facilitate and embed IGR requirements in the development plans preparation and implementation
• Intergovernmental responsibilities
• Communicate the intend and any pertinent issues of the PHDA internally and externally
• Coordinate with governmental managers and assistant managers and municipality officials to discuss issues and objectives of the PHDA, to determine strategies and approaches, and to brief on current activities and challenges
• Promoting efficient lines of communication between the other spheres of government.
• Review research and policies proposed affecting the PHDA and supporting regulations
• Identify opportunities and prepares relevant documentation that support the PHDA initiatives
• Receive and respond to public inquiries regarding the PHDA
• Facilitate information and knowledge sharing initiatives on the PHDA with national, provincial and municipal officials
• Develop project partnerships by mobilising support with other government departments for mutual benefit on the PHDA's
• Coordinating and aligning events that involve other spheres of government to implement the PHDA
• Ensure efficient relations and sharing models of good practice with other municipalities
• Land and property identification
• Implement systems, policies and procedures for addressing all potential land and property opportunities
• Identify appropriate land and properties for the HAD
• Research opportunities related to land
• Identify suitable land for acquisition
• Assess land in line with the HDA criteria and strategy
• Develop comprehensive feasibility assessment of the land
• Make recommendations on appropriateness of land
• Engage with stakeholders around pre-identified land
• Research development potential/ viability
• Assess the land in line with the HDA criteria and strategy
• Develop comprehensive feasibility assessment of the land
• Make recommendations on appropriateness of land
• Engage with stakeholders with property opportunities
• Research the viability of the land and the proposed property opportunity
• Assess the opportunity in line with the HDA criteria and strategy
• Develop comprehensive feasibility assessment of the land
• Make recommendations on appropriateness of land
• Land suitability assessment
• Assess land potential in terms of the approved pre-acquisition feasibility model in relation to geo-physical parameters:
• Implement the pre-acquisition feasibility model for all potential land transactions
• Undertake land suitability assessment and identification within the scope of sustainable human settlements development
• Develop and maintain periodic registers on land suitable for human settlements development
• Develop reports with recommendations detailing the outcome of the assessments and feasibilities
• Development planning and project packaging
• Undertake development feasibility to identify and model the appropriate land use and development options for HDA land portfolio
• Manage and fulfil the processing of land use management procedures relating to HDA potential or acquired land and properties including:
• Commission environmental impact assessments
• Undertake and manage rezoning of land
• Initiate, commission and manage surveying processes of identified land
• Prepare and present applications to secure town planning approval in line with the legislative environment
• Undertake projects development feasibility studies
• Package human settlements projects for implementation
• General administration
• Implement procurement policies and procedures
• Implement financial policies and procedures with regard to invoicing and payment of service providers
• Manage service level agreements of appointed service providers
• Develop and submit reports
• Participate in meeting as required

• Land and property identification:
• Implement systems, policies and procedures for addressing all potential land and property opportunities
• Identify appropriate land and properties for the HAD
• Research opportunities related to land
• Identify suitable land for acquisition
• Assess land in line with the HDA criteria and strategy
• Develop comprehensive feasibility assessment of the land
• Make recommendations on appropriateness of land
• Engage with stakeholders around pre-identified land
• Research development potential/ viability
• Assess the land in line with the HDA criteria and strategy
• Develop comprehensive feasibility assessment of the land
• Make recommendations on appropriateness of land
• Engage with stakeholders with property opportunities
• Research the viability of the land and the proposed property opportunity
• Assess the opportunity in line with the HDA criteria and strategy
• Develop comprehensive feasibility assessment of the land
• Make recommendations on appropriateness of land
• Land suitability assessment:
• Assess land potential in terms of the approved pre-acquisition feasibility model in relation to geo-physical parameters
• Implement the pre-acquisition feasibility model for all potential land transactions
• Undertake land suitability assessment and identification within the scope of sustainable human settlements development
• Develop and maintain periodic registers on land suitable for human settlements development
• Develop reports with recommendations detailing the outcome of the assessments and feasibilities
• Development planning:
• Undertake development feasibility to identify and model the appropriate land use and development options for the HDA land portfolio
• Manage and fulfill the processing of land use management procedures relating to the HDA potential or acquired land and properties including:
• Commission environmental impact assessments
• Undertake and manage rezoning of land
• Initiate, commission and manage surveying processes of identified land
• Prepare and present applications to secure town planning approval in line with the legislative environment.
• General administration:
• Implement procurement policies and procedures
• Implement financial policies and procedures with regard to invoicing and payment of service providers
• Manage service level agreements of appointed service providers
• Develop and submit appropriate reports
• Participate in meeting as required

• Land and property identification:
• Implement systems, policies and procedures for addressing all potential land and property opportunities
• Identify appropriate land and properties for the HAD
• Research opportunities related to land
• Identify suitable land for acquisition
• Assess land in line with the HDA criteria and strategy
• Develop comprehensive feasibility assessment of the land
• Make recommendations on appropriateness of land
• Engage with stakeholders around pre-identified land
• Research development potential/ viability
• Assess the land in line with the HDA criteria and strategy
• Develop comprehensive feasibility assessment of the land
• Make recommendations on appropriateness of land
• Engage with stakeholders with property opportunities
• Research the viability of the land and the proposed property opportunity
• Assess the opportunity in line with the HDA criteria and strategy
• Develop comprehensive feasibility assessment of the land
• Make recommendations on appropriateness of land
• Land suitability assessment:
• Assess land potential in terms of the approved pre-acquisition feasibility model in relation to geo-physical parameters
• Implement the pre-acquisition feasibility model for all potential land transactions
• Undertake land suitability assessment and identification within the scope of sustainable human settlements development
• Develop and maintain periodic registers on land suitable for human settlements development
• Develop reports with recommendations detailing the outcome of the assessments and feasibilities
• Development planning:
• Undertake development feasibility to identify and model the appropriate land use and development options for the HDA land portfolio
• Manage and fulfill the processing of land use management procedures relating to the HDA potential or acquired land and properties including:
• Commission environmental impact assessments
• Undertake and manage rezoning of land
• Initiate, commission and manage surveying processes of identified land
• Prepare and present applications to secure town planning approval in line with the legislative environment.
• General administration:
• Implement procurement policies and procedures
• Implement financial policies and procedures with regard to invoicing and payment of service providers
• Manage service level agreements of appointed service providers
• Develop and submit appropriate reports
• Participate in meeting as required

• Responsibilities:
• 1. Implement a set of criteria for appropriate land identification of land.
• 2. Implement systems, policies and procedures for addressing all potential land.
• 3. Identify appropriate land and properties for the HUAWEI.
• 4. Engage with stakeholders around pre-identified land.
• 5. Engage with stakeholders with property opportunities.
• 6. Assess land potential in terms of the approved pre-acquisition feasibility model in relation to: Geotechnical Assessment, Land Use Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment, Financial feasibility Assessment including evaluations, Intergraded Development and Social Infrastructures assessment, Development Potential and Assessment, Infrastructure Capability and Capacity Assessment.
• 7. Implement the Pre-acquisition feasibility model for all potential land transactions.
• 8. Develop reports with recommendations detailing the outcome of feasibility.
• 9. Identify appropriate land use for the HUAWEI by conducting development feasibilities.
• 10. Manage the land use management processes for the HUAWEI.
• REASON FOR LEAVING: new opportunities

• Design, promote and administer government plans and policies affecting land use, zoning, public utilities, community facilities, housing, and transportation.
• Hold public meetings and confer with government, social scientists, lawyers, developers, the public, and special interest groups to formulate and develop land use or community plans.
• Recommend approval, denial or conditional approval of proposals.
• Determine the effects of regulatory limitations on projects.
• Assess the feasibility of proposals and identify necessary changes.
• Create, prepare, or requisition graphic and narrative reports on land use data, including land area maps overlaid with geographic variables such as population density.
• Advise planning officials on project feasibility, cost-effectiveness, regulatory conformance, and possible alternatives.
• Conduct field investigations, surveys, impact studies or other research in order to compile and analyze data on economic, social, regulatory and physical factors affecting land use.
• Discuss with planning officials the purpose of land use projects such as transportation, conservation, residential, commercial, industrial, and community use.
• Keep informed about economic and legal issues involved in zoning codes, building codes, and environmental regulations.
• Mediate community disputes and assist in developing alternative plans and recommendations for programs or projects.
• Investigate property availability.

• Responsibilities:
• Managing the Land use Officers/Inspectors, zoning and land-use inspectors in the directorate.
• Advice and comment on building plan applications.
• Collaboration with various municipal departments as well as Working with Councillors on municipal Town Planning related issues.
• Processing the Land Development and Town Planning Applications.
• Land-Use Survey and identification of illegal land uses within a municipal area.
• Responsible for the operation of both the municipal GIS and Auto CAD.
• Regulating the locality and installation of commercial and advertising boards.
• Map reading/ Map interpretation and analysing the Environmental management data on Development Planning application.
• Participating on the community IDP Imbizo's and Budget consultations.
• Preparing/crafting Municipal Town Planning related By-Law and policies i.e. liquor licence, public open space, tourism accommodation, densification policies etc.
• Conflict resolutions on the neighbourhood boundary transgressions.
• Project Management, Bid evaluation and Layout Designing for the municipality.
• REASON FOR LEAVING: Promotion

• REASON FOR LEAVING: Career growth and new challenges

• Responsibilities:
• Develop, implement and update the public transport plans i.e. Integrated Transport Plans and Master Plans.
• Actively engage with managers in various development issues affecting the municipalities and participate in land development forums, GIS forums, LED forums, Tourism forums and Transport forums.
• Develop, implement, review and monitor Spatial Development Framework of the district.
• Provide support in the review and Implementation of District Local Municipalities SDF's;
• Assist in the Development and implementation of Land Use Management system for the Local Municipalities.
• Handling Township Establishment applications and other land use applications (evaluate development applications such as township establishment, rezoning, subdivision, consolidation, special consent etc.).
• Incorporate a strategic environmental assessment of the SDF into all IDP Projects;
• Provide a visual representation of the desired spatial form of the district;
• Advise the Department on the identification of public and private land that can be used for infrastructure investment.
• Provide trainings to Traditional Leaders on Land Use Management, Land Development processes and procedures guidelines and Environmental Management;
• Process Land Development Applications i.e. Rezoning, Subdivision, Township establishment, consolidation etc.
• Process, evaluate and recommend on applications received for development.
• Provide inputs and comments on Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Scoping Reports for land development and infrastructure development projects;
• Coordinate the site Demarcation process within the District;
• Coordinate and facilitate Annual District Land Development Summit;
• Coordinate and facilitate Quarterly Land Development Forums;
• Coordinate IDP representative Forum Meetings.
• The Preparation of IDP framework and process plan that informs stakeholders of guidelines and steps to be followed in developing an IDP.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on IDP related matters.
• Develop and implement sectional Service Delivery and budget implementation Plan;
• monthly, Quarterly and annual report to Management on the Departmental Key Performance Areas.
• Provide assistance in managing development projects (serve as project coordinator) emanating from the municipality, the province and National spheres of government and assist.
• REASON FOR LEAVING: Contract

• Responsibilities:
• Assist management in Facilitation, Teaching and Assessment.
• Direct personal facilitation of workshops, courses or seminars and of sessions.
• Financial Management-Analysis and Projection.
• Meeting participation and presentations.
• Serving as a coordinator between students, lectures, the Head of Department and the Management at large.
• Attending to student's academic problems and suggest possible solutions or way forward where needed.
• Participating in University's Strategic Planning.
• Make Comments and inputs in the Development of Campus Master Plan.
• Actively engaged in research on rural development pilot projects.
• REASON FOR LEAVING: Contract