Who We Are

Who we are

The Gauteng Partnership Fund, an agency of the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements, combines resources from the private and public sectors to speed up the development of affordable rental housing near amenities and economic opportunities. Its aim is to enhance the socioeconomic state of Gauteng communities.

  • GPF is a schedule 3C Public Entity founded in 2002.
  • 100% owned by the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements.
  • Initial mandate focused on social housing market and over the years evolved to include affordable housing.
  • Key mandate was to attract public and private sector capital into low income housing sector.
  • The Core Mandate of GPF is to serve as the funding and implementing agent for integrated, sustainable human settlement developments in the Gauteng City Region and custodian of strategic provincial land and/or property transferred to GPF for effective immovable asset management and coordinated, efficient implementation of mega human settlement developments
  • The GPF offers innovative funding products designed to share project risk with the private sector.

What we do

The four (4) Strategic outcome-oriented Goals are as follows:

  1. Capital required for identified mega projects and strategic urban renewal (bad buildings) programmes effectively and efficiently raised, managed and invested.
  2. Gauteng’s identified mega projects implemented and developed efficiently and speedily.
  3. Identified strategic urban renewals properties and GPF turnkey Mega Project property assets are developed, managed, maintained and disposed of, to generate additional revenue for GPF and the capital for Mega projects.
  4. GPF financially sustainable, managed and governed effectively and efficiently.

Vision & Mission

The Vision of the GPF is:

“To be a partner of choice in catalysing the funding and development of integrated and sustainable human settlements in Gauteng.”

The  Mission of the GPF is:

GPF exists to facilitate the development of integrated, sustainable human settlements for the people of Gauteng by:

  • Raising and managing the capital required for the successful implementation of identified sustainable human settlements;
  • Serving as a turnkey property developer on strategic public land and providing management services; and
  • Enhancing the lives of people in communities while also providing investors and partners with sound returns.
 
Our core values are embedded in our culture of professionalism and excellence, and are expressed in the execution of our mandate, vision, mission, goals and objectives.
Abr. Value What the value means for GPF in practice
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TEAMWORK
We collaborate and solve problems to achieve team goals We learn from our mistakes and share knowledge with each other We care about each other, and we give honest feedback
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RESPECT
  • We can be trusted to deliver as agreed
  • We trust one another and ignite the spirit of UBUNTU
  • We respect the opinions of others
  • We aim to minimise adverse environmental impacts across all our projects
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ACCOUNTABILITY
  • We proactively get things done without being asked to do so
  • We don’t shift the problem to someone else, we own the resolution of the problem
  • We drive excellence and professionalism by giving our word and making things happen accordingly
  • We take responsibility for the sustainability of our organisation in all that we do.
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INTEGRITY
  • We uphold honesty and professionalism always
  • We do our work in an ethical and transparent manner
  • We build trust through responsible actions and honest relationships
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CUSTOMER CENTRICITY
  • We place our customer at the centre of all that we do
  • We always add value to our customers through great experiences
  • We treat our people and customers with care and dignity
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INNOVATION
  • We continuously develop great products and services
  • We are agile and flexible to solve problems for our internal and external customers, while we continuously learn and grow
  • We develop and adjust to new ways of working while leading the change
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Capital Raising

Use of public sector funding to leverage additional funding and facilitate capital flows into integrated, sustainable human settlements through the formation of strategic partnerships with local and international donors, development finance institutions and private sector partners.

Project Implementation

To provide an oversight and monitoring role for mega projects. This is to ensure delivery of housing units in an integrated approach.

Property Development

To maintain, secure, develop and leverage the value of the land/property to unlock funding for development.

Project Preparation

Through the development of bankable feasibility studies and innovative funding interventions as a mechanism to entice capital market investment.

Project Financing

Through an equitable risk sharing model. Serving as a catalyst to ensure that other funding sources are enticed to participate in funding of projects.

The GPF Board Of Trustees

The GPF Loan Application Process

The mandate of GPF is “to serve as the funding and implementing agent for integrated, sustainable human settlement developments in the Gauteng City Region and custodian of strategic provincial land and/or property transferred to GPF for effective immovable asset management and coordinated, efficient implementation of mega human settlement developments”.

“A partner of choice catalysing the funding and development of integrated and sustainable human settlements in Gauteng.”

Lindiwe Kwele – Information Officer
Thandiwe Kuzwayo – Deputy Information Officer

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