South African Housing and Infrastructure Fund

13/04/2021

https://youtu.be/9jvfImaaDNA

SAHIF CEO Rali Mampeule talks to Mandy Wiener on Radio 702 about the latest at Rabie Ridge

13/04/2021

https://youtu.be/eJQRUlJgyPw

SAHIF CEO Rali Mampeule leading community engagements at Rabie Ridge

The situation there seems calm this morning after yesterday's violence. The Gauteng Government is condemning attempted land grabs in Rabie Ridge. Chaos erupt...

13/04/2021

SAHIF TO WORK WITH RABIE RIDGE COMMUNITY TOWARDS DELIVERY OF SERVICED LAND

Johannesburg, 13 April 2021: The South African Housing and Infrastructure Fund - SAHIF - is consulting Rabie Ridge residents to allow the company time to service the recently acquired land.

Less than two months ago SAHIF, as the majority shareholder of Ninfu Allandale Dev Pty Ltd acquired a stake through a special purpose vehicle called Leading Land Pty Ltd, after identifying the land that was standing vacant for years, and illegal activities were taking place there. SAHIF’s objective is to stop these illegal activities to facilitate the opportunity for the commencement of infrastructure services to be installed into the land allowing for future housing to be developed.

“Our aim is to work with the community, and once town planning processes are approved by the city of Johannesburg we can begin with the development. We bought the shareholding because we understand the frustration of the residents who want to build their own homes, and we are now in the process of ensuring that it is serviced and passed on as soon as possible to any resident, developer, NGO’s, private & listed companies and/or in some instances to government to further build housing for the residents” says SAHIF CEO Rali Mampeule.

SAHIF believes in and supports government’s policy of rapid land release that will enable residents to build their own homes, and we believe that those stands must have basic services to ensure that South Africans live in dignity.

SAPS RESPONSE AND COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL
AUTHORITIES: While the land owners deployed private security and contractors, SAHIF recognizes and thanks the SAPS that ensured the safety of other residents and passers-by outside the property while the protests were underway.

The company is also grateful for the statements issued by both local and provincial authorities to ease tensions. It is regrettable that arms and live ammunition were found on some of the people that masqueraded as protestors and hijacked a legitimate call for service delivery.

“The process of installing services can take time which can be anything from one and half to two years, but with collaboration from the City of Johannesburg and the Gauteng province we believe the process can be shorter.” Says Mampeule

THE WAY FORWARD - SAHIF TO CATALYSE DELIVERY OF AFFORDABLE LAND AND HOUSING: SAHIF is very aware of the need of ordinary South Africans for both land and housing. The company’s core business is to acquire vacant and unused land near the centres of towns and cities for conversion into zoned and serviced stands.

The company wants to enhance the speedy delivery of serviced stands to middle and lower income earning households so that they can build their own homes close to places of work, education, healthcare, public transport and other amenities. To date SAHIF has serviced more than 7,000 sites around the country.
The events of the past days have made it even more urgent for SAHIF to spearhead the much needed dialogue between the company as land owners, government and citizens who desperately need land and housing. For SAHIF this protest was not an inconvenience. It is an eye opener not just for the company, but for the industry as a whole.

SAHIF hopes that the lessons learnt in conversations with the people of Rabie Ridge, and the lessons that will be learnt on this journey will be shared with the industry and policy makers to speed up the delivery of affordable land and housing in South Africa.

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17/03/2021

SAHIF CEO Rali Mampeule in conversation with
Stephen Grootes on SAFM

MEDIATED CONVERSATION: What is happening in the housing market and what does it tell us about the country?

07/12/2020

RALI MAMPEULE – SAHIF CEO : “For me the highlight of the year was when different stakeholders in the industry realised that rapid land release is the way to go -the market has realised that we need to give people stands for them to build their own houses.

We have tried different models, they have worked - but we can accelerate this with the delivery of serviced stands. And they keep on saying it even when they protest, they say give us land, we want to build our own houses.

And we are here as SAHIF to accelerate the delivery of serviced land to South Africans."

Visit our website www.sahiffund.co.za to see the work that we have been doing.

30/11/2020

Acquiring and Servicing land is a process that can take up to 2years, so SAHIF’s business model aims to:

1 – Fast track the delivery of serviced land to South Africans
2 – Ensure that that land is where people can live, work and play

“As SAHIF we target places that are close to work so that people can work and play and live in the same area – one of the challenges in the country is that a lot of people build houses in the outskirts and spend money on transport people trying to get to their work – we locate land that is close to cities.” SAHIF CEO Rali Mampeule

But we also want to share our experience with our counterparts in the industry. Please click below to visit our website and see our thought paper on Servicing Land
https://www.sahiffund.co.za/SAHIF-industry-overview.asp

and our Blog on the Land Preparation Process
https://www.sahiffund.co.za/SAHIF-blog.asp

27/11/2020

Many low-income households don’t have access to housing finance because of factors including the nature and size of their income and mortgage facilities have limitations that exclude the majority.

Visit SAHIF to see what can be done to address this...

https://www.sahiffund.co.za/SAHIF-blog.asp

23/11/2020

SAHIF has studied the market to find out the barriers that need to be overcome to ensure more efficient housing delivery.

In 2019 the housing backlog in South Africa stood at approximately 2.3 million. It is further estimated that South Africa needs to build 250,000 houses a year to make significant impact on our housing backlog. The supply of new housing is appropriately 85,000 units a year, with the demand for housing outstripping supply.

Read all about it in our full Market Assessment for more information.
https://www.sahiffund.co.za/SAHIF-industry-overview.asp

20/11/2020

Have you wondered how the land and housing market works in South Africa?

SAHIF brings it all for you in this Market Assessment

Click on the link below to visit our website and read all about...

https://sahiffund.co.za/SAHIF-industry-overview.asp

20/11/2020

ACCELERATING THE DELIVERY OF SERVICED STANDS TO SOUTH AFRICANS

We acquire land near towns and cities, we convert it into zoned and serviced stands for the speedy delivery of serviced stands to low income households and the working class to build their own homes close to parks, clinics, transport and work.

www.sahiffund.co.za

SAHIF is acquiring vacant and unused land near the centres of towns and cities for conversion it into zoned and serviced stands. This enhances the speedy delivery of these serviced stands for the poor and working class to build their own homes close to shops, parks, schools and clinics, public trans...

17/11/2020

Press Release:
We are pleased to announce our co-investment in MetroFibre (Pty) Ltd with AIIM and STOA.

SAHIF has delivered nearly 8,000 serviced stands, and through this investment we want to connect Fibre to all new developments targeted for affordable housing, beginning with 300,000 in the next couple of years,

17/11/2020

Existing MetroFibre shareholder STOA, a foreign investment vehicle based in France, is providing incremental funding as part of the transaction, together with new investment by the founders of the South African Housing & Infrastructure Fund, Rali Mampeule and Kameel Keshav. Other shareholders in MetroFibre include Sanlam Private Equity and African Rainbow Capital.

The deal will strengthen MetroFibre’s empowerment credentials through the investment by Mampeule and Keshav, who are CEO
and chief financial officer of the South African Housing & Infrastructure Fund. They have been introduced as strategic empowerment partners through the new Digital Infrastructure consortium.

South African fibre broadband provider MetroFibre Networx has raised R1.5-billion in a new funding round led by infrastructure-focused private equity fund manager African Infrastructure Investment Managers.