Property Management (Social)
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This service involves obtaining and maintaining value from the property portfolio by effectively administering
and leasing, acquiring and selling, and ensuring maintenance of the property. Property Management (Social)
is mandated to ensure success in all asset management operations by providing precise information and
understanding of the physical characteristics of the portfolio or the assets.
Core functions:
• Investigation into best practice standards.
• Document management and analysis.
• Property specific or portfolio data compilation and surveys.
• Property maintenance and management of services and encroachments.
In the year under review, the Social Department has undertaken various initiatives within the respective quarters to package properties for tender so as to maximise the social property portfolio to the benefit of the community. A total of 23 properties were released for tender.
Making these properties available will facilitate utilising the City’s social property resource for the benefit and interest of local communities while stimulating job creation and supporting Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) in attracting private-sector investment. This contributes towards keeping the City’s social property portfolio refurbished and well maintained on the City’s property asset base.
2014/2015 Financial Year highlights:
- 51 new Deeds concluded by Municipal, to be included in the Asset Register;
- 21 Deeds in the process of transfer acquired for the Corridors of Freedom initiative;
- 23 properties placed on tender and released in the last two quarters of the financial year;
- 64 SMMEs created; and
- 244 jobs created by the Social Department.
Leases
Alexandra Media Centre
Property Description |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Erf 4688 Alexandra |
Media Centre |
|
R5 million |
Melrose Estate – Melrose Bowling Club
Property Description |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Remainder of Erf 119, Melrose Estate |
Educational and |
|
R0.6 million |
Orange Farm
Property |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Erf 2896 Orange Farm |
Children’s Home |
|
R1.2 million |
Klipfontein
Property |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Portion 96 Farm |
Community Centre, Drug Rehabilitation |
|
R10 million |
Langlaagte Farm
Property |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Portion 278 of the Farm |
Community Facility |
|
R0.3 million |
Pirates Club
Property |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Ptn 1 and 2 of Erf 1318 |
Repair and renovations to building and construction of sporting facilities |
|
R1.5 million |
George Lea Sports Club
Property |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Portion 31 of the Farm |
Sport and Recreation and other |
|
R55.7 million |
Craighall
Property |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Erf 24 Craighall |
Early Learning Centre and Sports Facility |
|
R0.67 million |
Protea Sports Club
Property |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Farm Braamfontein 53 IR Portion 33 |
Sports Club |
|
R1 million |
Robertsham
Property |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Erf 1301 Robertsham |
Sport and Recreation Multi Sports Facility that will include an outdoor action sports arena for soccer, tennis, basketball, netball |
|
R0.8 million |
Observatory
Property |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Erf 724 Observatory |
Multipurpose Sports Facility for aerobics, dancing school, five-a-side courts, soccer, basketball, volleyball, netball |
|
R0.7 million |
Riverlea – Little People’s Crèche
Property |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Erf 1232 Riverlea Ext.2 |
Community and |
|
R2.2 million |
Braamfontein – Jan Celliers Laerskool and Pre-Primary School
Property |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Portion of Portion 37 Farm Braamfontein |
Tennis Courts and Clubhouse Sport Club |
|
R1.3 million |
Cosmo City – Perfect Start Ministries
Property |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Erf 3469 Cosmo City Ext. 4 |
Community Health and Skills Centre |
|
R15 million |
Lehae – Early Childhood Facility and Multipurpose Centre
Property |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Erf 2824 Lehae |
Early Childhood Facility and Multipurpose Centre |
|
R1.8 million |
Chiawelo
Property |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Erf 5205 Chiawelo |
Community Centre, Drug Rehabilitation |
|
R10 million |
Orlando – Early Childhood Development Centre
Property |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Erf 12118 |
Early Childhood Development Centre |
|
R1.2 million |
Panorama – Panorama Soccer Club
Property |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Remaining Extent of Portion 2 Farm Panorama 200 IQ |
Junior Soccer nets |
|
R0.13 million |
Linden – The Irish Club
Property |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Remaining Extent of Erf 556 Linden |
Upgrading of tennis courts as well as erection of retaining walls |
|
R0.05 million |
North Riding – Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)
Property |
Expected Development |
Development Objective |
Anticipated |
Holding 229 |
Upgrading of existing kennel areas |
|
R0.14 million |
Erf 785 Orlando East – Community Centre, Drug Rehabilitation and Skills Centre
The lease agreement has been concluded with Thlokomelo Home Based Care. The organisation provides skills training related to HIV/AIDS cases including counselling and child care support, providing care and support for the orphans and vulnerable children, promoting healthy lifestyles, hygiene and nutrition. The organisation will also collect medication from the clinics/hospitals on behalf of the bedridden members of the community and link orphans with relevant social systems, e.g. social services. The organisation receives grants from the Gauteng Department of Health; however, their main contribution towards the facility will be the provision of reasonable maintenance and upkeep of the building.
Land Identified for the Food Resilience Programme
The Department of Social Development’s Food Resilience Unit has been mandated to eradicate hunger and food insecurity in the CoJ. Amongst other instruments, the City seeks to enable a wider and more diversified urban agriculture sector through a system of Agri-resource centres providing full value-chain support for those seeking to grow their own food for both personal consumption and as a potential livelihood. The programme is one of the Mayoral priorities.
These centres will screen and train potential micro farmers to be placed via lease/usage agreement on City-owned farming land. These micro farms, where feasible, will be clustered into networks accessing common
customer-facing systems and transport/warehousing logistics, known as hub and spoke (Empowerment Zone). In addition to the facilitation of micro farms, the City seeks to catalyse the agricultural sector through the release of commercial-scale farming land to the market at substantially reduced cost, conditional upon participation in and contribution towards the City’s Food Resilience Programme.
Food Resilience Programme |
Social Impact |
Economic Impact |
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The following land parcels have been identified for this initiative:
- Portion 14 of the Farm Olifantsvlei 316 IQ measures 6,3ha valued at R0.6 million;
- Portion 51 of the Farm Olifantsvlei 316 IQ measures 1 577m² valued at R0.1 million;
- RE of Portion 19 of the Farm Olifantsvlei 316 IQ measures 4,4ha valued at R0.6 million;
- RE of Portion 2 of the Farm Olifantsvlei 316 measures 1 424ha valued at R64 million;
- Portion 35 of the Farm Olifantsvlei 316 measures 2,5ha valued at R1.1 million;
- Portion 36 of the Farm Olifantsvlei 316 measures 2,5ha valued at R0.4 million;
- RE of Portion 11 of the Farm Olifantsvlei 316 measures 9,4ha valued at R0.7 million;
- Portion 53 of the Farm Olifantsvlei 316 IQ measures 7 398m2 valued at R0.3 million;
- Portion 20 of the Farm Olifantsvlei 316 IQ measures 1,4ha valued at R0.2 million;
- RE of Portion 40 of the Farm Olifantsvlei 316 IQ measures 2,3ha valued at R0.5 million;
- Portion 16 of the Farm Olifantsvlei 316 IQ measures 4,2ha valued at R0.5 million; and
- RE of Portion 4 of the Farm Misgund 322-IQ 22,3ha valued at R2.1 million.
In order to deliver on this mandate, Portion 130, 136 and 137 of the farm Alewynspoort 145 IR were identified as the potential portions for the commercial farmer who will also provide farming skills and supervision to the fifty emerging farmers which are being allocated fifty hectares “one hectare, one cooperative”. The lease is to endure for 25 years.
Various Use and Maintenance Agreement in Process – Sports and Recreation Directorates
Through the Community Development Department’s mandate, JPC has been requested to make available sports facilities, particular in previously disadvantaged areas and new emerging townships, for the purposes of the sports development as set out in the National Sport and Recreation Plan. The main objective is to promote and support high performance and professional sports to be used by local communities as part of active recreation which further addresses one of the City’s objectives – healthy living.
In placing affiliated sporting groups on the facilities, the department will be investing in the upgrade of the facilities and sports groups will ensure maintenance, job creation and skills development in the operating of the facilities. The following agreements have been sent to the department for signature:
- Erven 593 Newclare;
- Erven 515 and 516 Auckland Park;
- Portions of Erven 548 and 869 Franklin Roosevelt Ext.1;
- RE of Portion 205 Farm Langlaagte 224 IQ; and
- Portions 34 and 45 and 98 Farm Klipfontein 203 IR.