Governance: The organisation has a Board of Trustees, and a Residents’ Council (RC), representing all the suburban residents’ committees, being members of the HRT. The Board of Trustees is the superior authority on policy and programming, and mobilises resources for the smooth running of the organisation. The RC is focused on developing the membership.
Structures: The Board of Trustees has the responsibility to establish and nurture suburban residents’ committees, which are independent from each other and are led by elected non-partisan volunteer citizens. Below the Board is a Residents’ Council (RC) that brings together all the suburban structures affiliated to the HRT. The HRT suburban committees define their own programs and activities in line with the HRT’s vision and objectives of engaging service providers, policy makers and all strategic stakeholders for the benefit of the residents.
RC Leadership: The RC elects a nine-member suburban leadership that meets regularly to plan and coordinate the activities of the suburban residents’ committees, which are the members of the HRT. Suburbs hold positions, and not individuals. Once elected, the suburban residents committee has to meet specifically to elect a representative and alternate to the RC Leadership.
The full RC meets at least two times a year to recommend policies for adoption by the Board of Trustees and share experiences of their work in the suburbs.
HRT committees exist to:
i. Advocate on behalf of the residents in their communities.
ii. Mobilize members and deepened residents understanding of local governance systems.
iii. Organize community activities on behalf of the residents’ in their communities and;
iv. Facilitate community responsibility in service delivery in their communities.
Secretariat:
An important organ of the HRT, run by the Board of Trustees, headed by the Coordinator, implements all HRT programmes and provides and facilitates technical expertise to the suburban structures
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