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Learning Briefs and Lessons Learned Index

Learning Briefs Chronological list of learning briefs 01. Back to basics and the IDP 02. SDF and spatial transformation 03. Spatial Planning and the IDP 04. The Missing Middle a...

Neighbourhood Node

Beyond the crossroads: The evolution of Phuhliso neighbourhood heartClick here to read the full article From Dusty Crossroads to a Living Community Heart: The Dawn of a Rural RevolutionImagine a bustling,...

Land Justice: Rethinking Communal Land Administration

Land Justice: Rethinking Communal Land Administration Communal land administration represents a foundational, yet underperforming component of South Africa’s land reform agenda. It has significant implications for tenure security, rural development,...

Humble Governance: A Practical Pathway to Ethical Leadership in South Africa

Humble Governance: A Practical Pathway to Ethical Leadership in South Africa South Africa today is seized with the project of State Reform. The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) recently called...

Comments on Local Government: Municipal Structures Amendment Bill 2024

Sophakama, a partnership project between Afesis, Equality Collective, Governance and Livelihoods Agenda (AgendaGL) , and the Rural Democracy Trust, submitted Comments on Local Government: Municipal Structures Amendment Bill 2024 to...

Civil Society Response to the Auditor-General’s 2018/19 Report

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Click on the link below to read an OPINION piece by Nontando Ngamlana, the Executive Director at Afesis-corplan.

https://www.news24.com/news24/columnists/guestcolumn/opinion-local-government-similarly-to-soes-are-like-badly-behaved-stepchildren-20200912

 

Sifuna Amanzi (We Need Water)

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Qhamani Neza Tshazi: Approach to redressing spatial inequity flawed

Click on the link below to read an OPINION piece by Qhamani Tshazi, a Programme Officer for Sustainable Settlements at Afesis-corplan. https://mg.co.za/opinion/2020-08-19-why-a-blanket-approach-to-redressing-spatial-inequity-is-flawed/

#ASIVIKELANE progress report – Informal settlement voices matter

For the past four months since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, Afesis-corplan has been working with 87 households sharing water and ablution facilities in 35 informal settlements communities...