The struggle for<i>in situ</i>upgrading of informal settlements: a reflection on cases in Gauteng

Huchzermeyer, Marie

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“…The proposal is to develop no more than 389 residential stands under the Province's Essential Services Programme. This plan, which has met with resistance from the Harry Gwala Civic Committee, involves forcefully relocating the majority of the households (see Huchzermeyer, 2009a). To date the national department of MARIE HUCHZERMEYER housing has not added 'Breaking New Ground' and Chapters 12 (Housing Assistance in Emergency Housing Situations) (Department of Housing, 2004b) and 13 (Upgrading of Informal Settlements) of the Housing Code to its website.…”

Section: The Ignored Policy Target Of Informal Settlement Upgradingmentioning

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Pounding at the Tip of the Iceberg: The Dominant Politics of Informal Settlement Eradication in South Africa

Huchzermeyer¹

2010

Politikon

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This article traces the evolution of the South African target to eradicate informal settlements by 2014 within the political position of the Ministry of Housing. It shows an interaction as well as a disjuncture with the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and with South African policy and legislation. In so doing, the article differentiates between an indirect engagement in policy with the causes of land invasion, and a direct (iceberg-pounding) approach in politics and practice to doing away with informal settlements. It associates the non-implementation of the national Programme on Upgrading of Informal Settlements with the widely practised direct approach to slum elimination, which includes eviction and relocation to transit areas. The article points to the centralized political approach in South Africa but does not analyse the reasons for the narrow political agenda on informal settlements. It seeks to expose a trend that is in need of political scientific debate and analysis.

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Section: The Ignored Policy Target Of Informal Settlement Upgradingmentioning

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Pounding at the Tip of the Iceberg: The Dominant Politics of Informal Settlement Eradication in South Africa

Huchzermeyer¹

2010

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“…This has pressured the government to undertake "in-situ upgrades" of housing, infrastructure and services in many of the rapidly growing informal settlements in and around the city (Huchzermeyer, 2009;Shortt and Hammett, 2013). In-situ upgrading is "the formal upgrading of an informal settlement in its current location with or without the need for de-densification [relocation of residents]" (CoCT, 2013a, p. 3).…”

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Barriers to risk reduction: Dontse Yakhe, South Africa

Harte

Hastings

Childs

2015

Disaster Prevention and Management

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to identify hazard risks and factors impeding the implementation of disaster risk management policies and strategies in Dontse Yakhe in Hout Bay, South Africa. Design/methodology/approach -A case study approach was selected for this research. Interviews were conducted with community leaders and other relevant government and civil society stakeholders. Insights and perceptions of Dontse Yakhe residents were obtained from a focus group interview. Secondary data sources were reviewed and field observations made. Findings -The findings reveal a number of key risks and a complex web of geographical, political, social and environmental factors, and stakeholder interactions, prioritisations and decision making that has created barriers to the implementation of the aims and objectives of disaster risk management policies and strategies in Dontse Yakhe. Originality/value -The contribution of the research is that it provides insight into the complex factors that are stalling development and infrastructure provision, and implementation of risk reduction strategies, in Dontse Yakhe as outlined in disaster risk management policies and strategies, demonstrating a gap between policy rhetoric and practice.

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“…' The location of many informal settlements makes it difficult to provide water and sanitation services, given either the distance from existing bulk infrastructure, or location on marginal land deemed unsuitable for residential development (road and rail reserves, wetlands, flood-prone areas, landfills, etc.). Furthermore, there is a clear tension between the mandate for local government to provide basic services and the sentiment that informal settlements should not exist (Huchzermeyer, 2009). Historical inequities in the spatial layout of the city, based on apartheid planning as well as Cape Town's natural boundaries -the Atlantic Ocean and Table Mountain -make relocation of settlements to well-located land closer to economic opportunities and existing infrastructure a challenge, given limited space and high land costs.…”

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Sustainable and equitable sanitation in informal settlements of Cape Town: a common vision?

Pan

Armitage

Ryneveld

2016

WSA

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Sustainability and equity are two desirable but ambiguous concepts often used to describe goals for sanitation services internationally and in South Africa. Both concepts are mentioned repeatedly in policy documents and government reports. There is, however, a gap between policy and implementation, and part of the problem lies in the challenge of reconciling the pressure to deliver immediate results with a long-term vision to strive towards sustainable and equitable sanitation services. Perspectives, priorities, and barriers to sustainability and equity in implementation, recognised amongst water and sanitation sector stakeholders in Cape Town, were analysed and compared with policy documents and municipal records. The research methods included a review of municipal and national sanitation policy documents and reports, and unstructured interviews with municipal officials, development NGO workers, sanitation consultants and entrepreneurs working in Cape Town municipality. In this paper, challenges to integrating sustainability and equity principles into various stages of sanitation service development are highlighted, and preliminary recommendations for addressing challenges are made, with an emphasis on stakeholder participation.

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The struggle forin situupgrading of informal settlements: a reflection on cases in Gauteng

Cited by 72 publications

References 14 publications

Pounding at the Tip of the Iceberg: The Dominant Politics of Informal Settlement Eradication in South Africa

Pounding at the Tip of the Iceberg: The Dominant Politics of Informal Settlement Eradication in South Africa

Barriers to risk reduction: Dontse Yakhe, South Africa

Sustainable and equitable sanitation in informal settlements of Cape Town: a common vision?

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