Author:Wanjiku Kihato, C; Napier, MarkDate:Oct 2013World cities face a bleak future. Global capital, state failure, structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) and a misguided non-profit sector collude to create a world of ‘megaslums’ which are ‘characterised by overcrowding, poor or informal ...Read more
Author:Napier, MarkDate:Oct 2013Most people living in cities in Africa live outside of the legal system, without clear rights to the land they occupy. These pieces of land make up the so-called slums which surround and permeate most growing cities, and which are home to ...Read more