The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) is a national department under the national government of South Africa.
The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) has a mandate that is integral to the effort of the government to change the lives of South Africans for the better. This includes transforming the apartheid spatial and land and development patterns of social and racial exclusion.
Reporting Entities
- Community Schemes Ombud Service (CSOS)
- Housing Development Agency (HDA)
- National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC)
- National Housing Finance Corporation SOC Ltd (NHFC)
- Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA)
- Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA)
Office Bearers/Management
Minister
- Ms Thembi Simelane (Minister of Human Settlements) (ANC)
Deputy Minister
- Ms Tandi Mahambehlala (Deputy Minister of Human Settlements) (ANC)
Director General
- Dr Alec Moemi
Chief of Staff
- Kgopelo Phasha
Chief Financial Officer
- Ms Lucy Bele
Deputy Directors General
- Ms N Dumalisile (Affordable, Rental and Social Housing)
- Dr Zenkosi Dumile Mhlongo (Research, Policy, Strategy and Planning)
- Ms S Ngxongo (Entities Oversight, IGR, Monitoring and Evaluation)
- Ms Mathope Thusi (Acting: Corporate Service)
- Mr Siyabonga Charles Zama (Informal Settlements Upgrading (ISU) and Emergency Housing)
Chief Directors
- Mr Katlego Ditshego
- Mr Johannes Makokga (Acting)
- Ms Mandulo Maphumulo (Acting)
- Ms Mulalo Muthige
- Ms Ntombikayise Sambo (Entities Oversight and Compliance)
- Dr Zoleka Sokopo (HS Strategy)
- Ms Refilwe Thaga (Acting: ICT and Records Management)
- Mr Vusi Tshose (Acting Chief Director IGR and Capacity Assembly)
Senior Management
- Mr Justice Mnyembane
Communications Officers
- Mr Tsekiso Machike
- Ms Mandulo Maphumulo (Director: Media Services)
- Ms Gwen Shole (Director: Corporate Communications and Language Management Services)
- Mr Lehlogonolo Sikhwari
Secretaries
- Ms Wisani Mathonsi (Personal Assistant: Acting CD Communications)
- Ms Moipone Ngoasheng (Office Manager: Office of the Director General)
- Ms Thandeka Tshabalala
Contact Details
The contact details of the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) are listed in the table below.
| Physical Address: | Govan Mbeki House, 240 Justice Mahomed Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria, 0002 |
| Postal Address: | Private Bag X644, Pretoria, 0001 |
| Telephone: | 0800 146 873 |
| Email: | info@dhs.gov.za |
| Website: | www.dhs.gov.za |
