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Motivation for an Innovation Fund

By Ronald Eglin After decades of development throughout the world and in South Africa, we still find people living in extreme poverty, the majority...
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Make housing delivery easier by unlocking bulk land for Landfirst

by Ronald Eglin Afesis-corplan has been advocating for a ‘width’ or Land First approach to settlement development for a number of years.  One example...
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Land Prioritisation

By Ronald Eglin The land question in South Africa, one of the most important issues of our time, has not yet been adequately addressed....
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Incrementally securing official access to property in informal settlements

By Lauren Royston Many South African households are not yet on the residential property ladder, even after state assistance since 1994, either through the...
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From Housing to Sustainable Human Settlements

Ronald Eglin Is the national housing budget getting too big?  If you were Trevor Manuel in charge of the national budget, having to take...
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From Eradication to Upgrade

By Ronald Eglin Afesis-corplan, with the support of Urban Landmark (ULM), conducted a series of four workshops on land access in Pietermaritzburg, Johannesburg, Cape...
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Accessing basic services through co-operatives

Part 1: Co-operatives Ronald Eglin looks at co-operatives and their benefits but warns that communities need to know all the facts before they decide...
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Accelerating housing delivery through ‘value capture’

 by Dr  Mercy Brown-Luthango of Development Action Group (DAG) The South African economy experienced impressive growth over the last decade. The National Department of...
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A New Response to Informal Settlements

By Mark Misselhorn At least 10 percent of South Africa’s 44 million people live in urban informal settlements. This equates to more than 1.2...
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Between a shack and an RDP House: Alternative Forms of Tenure Security

By Ronald Eglin Homeless people in South Africa are caught between a ‘shack’ and an ‘RDP’ house. If they take matters into their own...
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