Blog – Page 16

Call to prioritise land acquisition and development in BCMM IDP

Ronald Eglin attended a Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) IDP consultative forum meeting on 30 March 2017. In this meeting Afesis-corplan called on the BCMM to redirect funding towards land...

Toward Good Local Governance…the role of the active citizenry – Author: Sibulele Poswayo, Programmes Manager

On Monday, 21 March 1960, police opened fire, without order, on a crowd that had gathered at the Sharpeville station to protest pass laws. On that day, 69 unarmed people...

In Memory

Afesis-corplan would like to extend its' condolences to the families and friends of the following former staff members who have passed on in the past few years: Newell Faku...

MARCH 2017 NEWSLETTER: Afesis in Action March 2017

To catch up on what has been happening at Afesis-corplan, click here for our newsletter, Afesis in Action March 2017!

Eastern Cape CoGTA SPLUM Policy Submission

To find out more about Spatial Planning and Land Use Management (SPLUM) generally, click here On 21 July 2016 sixteen civil society organisations in the Eastern Cape submitted a petition...

Afesis in Action March 2017: Working with communities towards the realisation of dignified housing

Afesis-corplan promotes active citizenry and effective participation in monitoring service delivery. The Scenery Park community continues to fight for dignified access to housing in their community. The DVD 'A Purposeful...

Afesis in Action March 2017: How activists can become more tech-savvy

The world is changing. Whether we like it or not, such facts are inevitable. For the activist community, this poses a particular challenge. In order to continue their work and...

Afesis in Action March 2017: What Afesis-corplan taught me about activism

Since I was very young, I’ve always wanted to help people. I’ve known from the beginning that, no matter what work I end up doing, it had to be something...

Afesis in Action March 2017: Participatory Budgeting

Participatory Budgeting (PB) is the process by which citizens deliberate and negotiate over the distribution of public resources. PB/municipal budgeting programs are implemented at the will of governments, citizens, NGOs,...

Afesis in Action March 2017: Relooking at Rural Development

Michael Aliber from Fort Hare University and David Neves from the University of the Western Cape spoke at a conference organised by the Eastern Cape Socio Economic Consultative Council (on...