Rapid urbanization, poverty and socio-economic inequalities are causes of the backlog of
informal settlements in South Africa, as dwellers cannot access formal housing schemes …

Background The Integrated Housing Development Plan developed by the eThekwini
municipality is aimed at creating sustainable human settlements. It was developed to ensure …

The success of social innovation and citizen and stakeholder participation, especially at the
community level, is in the interest of the stakeholders. To avoid conflicts between …

The advent of the COVID-19 global health pandemic in South Africa has exposed the
existence of overcrowded informal settlements as a major threat to human health and further …

This article is based on the study conducted in the Bushbuckridge Local Municipality
(hereafter referred to as BLM), at Thulamahashe C (ward 31) in determining the …

Low-income subsidy housing production is not satisfying the current housing need, leading
to increasing backlogs and significant impacts on many poor people's health and safety …

Local government community participation units or departments ineffectively and inefficiently
operate based on the directive from their political organisations instead of achieving the …