Moladi's Casting Based Low Cost Housing Technology

Moladi is a construction technology that was designed to address shortages faced by developing countries in low-cost housing. The problems are lack of resources, insufficient funds, shortage of skills and time constraint. Hennie Botes, a South African entrepreneur, is the designer and owner of the patented Moladi Construction Technology. It is specially developed to speed construction, improve quality, and lower the construction cost of residential housing.

The concept is based on casting technology. First a mould is built from plastic shutter panels in the form of the planned house and is then filled up with a lightweight mortar. The mortar takes only one day to dry and is then ready to receive a roof and other finishes like window frames and plumbing.

It is designed to speed construction, improve quality, and lower the construction cost of residential housing. The conventional brick and block method is not capable of producing an affordable quality product that is comparable to a Moladi. The houses are build better, faster and at lower cost.

Moladi’s technology has improved the lives of poor communities which were without proper housing. It could also improve socio economic development through community involvement and sharing the Moladi technology with the local contractors with little training.