Botswana Housing Corporation
Samantha Chabata is an accomplished IT professional with over 24 years of experience in the field. Currently, as Head of Information Technology at Botswana Housing Corporation since October 2009, Samantha manages a team of 10 IT professionals, driving strategic and operational IT projects to meet corporate objectives, while balancing responsibilities in ERP implementation and system availability. Previously, as Information Services Manager at Water Utilities Corporation, Samantha led multiple teams and managed significant projects, including the implementation of SAP Enterprise Content Management and Call Centre initiatives. Samantha holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Botswana, an MBA from the same institution, and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of London.
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Botswana Housing Corporation
The Botswana Housing Corporation (BHC) is a parastatal corporation solely owned by the Botswana Government. It was established by an Act of Parliament being the Botswana Housing Corporation Act (CAP 74:030 of 1970 and started operations in February 1971. The mandate of the BHC as stipulated by the Act and its subsequent amendments is a follows: to provide for the housing, office and other building needs of the Government and local authorities, to provide for, and to assist and to make arrangements for other persons to meet the requirements of paragraph (a) above and; to undertake and carry out, and to make arrangements for other persons to undertake and carry out building schemes in Botswana Effective from 1st April 2012, the Corporation’s mandate has been expanded in accordance with Presidential Directive Cab 20 (B)/2010. The directive pronounced that all Government housing implementation programmes be transferred to BHC to operate as Government’s Single Housing Authority (SiHA). In compliance with the directive, BHC is as from 1st April 2012 responsible for the construction of turnkey SHHA projects as well as District Housing and other housing programmes pronounced by government from time to time such as the Public Housing Initiative and Youth Housing Initiative.