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Ministry of infrastructure and

housing development

‘re-engineers’ its operations.

• Focus more on regulatory and policy matters
• DBES reconfigured and split into two departments

Minister of the
Ministry Of
Infrastructure
and Housing
Development :

Honourable
Vincent Seretse
img credit : MIH

he Ministry of Infrastructure be taking. He said, “The Department informed and stakeholders will also
and Housing Development of Building and Engineering Services be told in due course. Completion of
T(MIH) held a media briefing (DBES) has been reconfigured and split this structure will be dependent on
recently at their offices to give an in to two departments, one focusing the feedback of other ministries who
update of activities and projects being on project development and facilities may wish to absorb artisans following
undertaken, completed and new focus management and the other on planning the decentralization of maintenance
areas. The Honorable Minister Vincent and pre-contract services like project service and projects.Speaking in line
Seretse gave background on projects design and all processes necessary to with housing of government employees
that were completed on time during the facilitate project commencement. and Batswana, the Minister also said
2018/2019 financial year. Over Three new technologies will be implemented
Billion Pula was presided over by the A new department will also be to facilitate affordable home ownership.
Ministry. introduced to facilitate research work
on all aspects of the Ministry`s mandate This goal would be attainable when
These projects include the old Sefhare relating to infrastructure, housing and the Ministry becomes amenable to
–Mahalapye hospital refurbishment HR matters. new building technologies such as the
project and the Sefhare Agricultural Kalahari sand brick. From 2008/09
service centre projects. Notably some The Minister elaborated further on financial year over 258 million Pula has
are not completed and have delayed this by stating that this new structure been extended to Batswana for more
because of financial constraint as well as will be implemented in phases over than 6000 plots through the Self Help
coordination efforts among contractors. a period of time during the 2019/20 Housing Agency(SHHA).
Honorable Seretse spoke on the new financial year. The transition process is
direction the Ministry was going to underway as staff have already been

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