Learning Briefs
Learning Briefs 15. When is an informal settlement no longer an informal settlement 14. From reblocking to preblocking 13. Good Plans - bad implementation 12. Equitable access to land...
Learning Brief #15 When is an informal settlement no longer an informal settlement?
The concept of ‘upgrading of informal settlements’ has been around for a long time. One question, however, that has not received much attention is, “when is an informal settlement no...
Learning Brief #14: From re-blocking to pre-blocking
There is growing interest within government and the country around the concept of re-blocking. Re-blocking is the process whereby communities who have occupied land work with government and others to...
Learning Brief #13: Good plans – bad implementation
In development work one often hears the phrase, “we have good plans but bad implementation”. Is the ‘good plans – bad implementation’ statement true? Where is the problem? Is it...
Learning Brief #12: Equitable Access to Land
Land redistribution is a hot topic in South Africa. Some are saying that the constitution needs to change so as to speed up land reform and land redistribution while others...
Learning Brief #11: Creating quality environments – Managed Land Settlement
Neighbourhoods that are developed using the Managed Land Settlement (MLS) approach are better than RDP neighbourhoods. This assertion is based on the argument that MLS environments are more adaptive to...
Learning Brief #10: Managed Land Settlement – Increasing densities
The South African Government is sending strong signals that we are about to see a significant policy shift when it comes to how government plans to address its constitutional mandate...
Learning Brief #8: A New Land Records System
It is fairly well understood how an incremental settlement approach to addressing South Africa's housing and settlement needs works, but there is less understanding however for how an incremental settlement...
Learning Brief #9: Rethinking Land and Housing Allocation
In this Learning Brief, Afesis-corplan proposes that government should shift the majority of its housing budget from building RDP houses (for a relatively few people every year) to providing (basic) serviced...
Learning Brief #7: Land acquisition and development for human settlement
As a country we need to prioritise the acquisition and development of land for settlement purposes if we are to make any impact on the demand for housing. Between 1994...