Cities Alliance Knowledge
Paper: Scaling up Essential Services in African Cities
Infrastructure and Service Delivery
Urban Development
20 Oct 2022
This document, written by Josette Cole of the Mandlovu Development Trust, explores the intended and unintended consequences of home ownership for poor citizens living in formal settlements in post-apartheid South Africa.
It focuses on New Crossroads in Cape Town, a relatively small, urban community of 20 000 people.
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