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...
Guardians of the Web
Guardians of the Web: Protecting the Khwenxurha WildernessBy Ronald Eglin{This article forms part of the #WriteYourFutureSA series, envisioning the regeneration of the Great Kei region through the lens of environmental...
Youth Development
Khwenxurha's Rebirth: How a Youth-Elder Partnership is Forging a Sustainable Rural Future Find the full article by clicking here A Rural Renaissance Sparked by Community UnityIn 2026, the traditional rural-village...
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...
Ronald Eglin: Sisulu’s new plan for informal settlements and formal housing a welcome break with...
Read the OPINION piece (link below) by Ronald Eglin, Specialist: Sustainable Settlements at Afesis-corplan. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-12-08-sisulus-new-plan-for-informal-settlements-and-formal-housing-a-welcome-break-with-the-past/
Afesis-corplan comments on BCMM SDF
Afesis-corplan submitted comments on the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality’s (BCMM) draft Spatial Development Framework (SDF) which was gazetted on 14 September 2020. Find a copy of Afesis-corplan’s submission here. You...
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...
Ronald Eglin: Unauthorised land occupation in our cities – Why demolishing is not the answer
THE following are edited extracts of an article by Ronald Eglin published in the Daily Dispatch newspaper on 20 February 2018 shortly after members of the public flocked to an...
Afesis-corplan submits comment on national Spatial Development Framework (NSDF)
Afesis-corplan, in its submission to the draft national Spatial Development Framework (NSDF) of South Africa (see copy of submission here), calls for the NSDF to specifically recognize that informal settlements...