Author:Shapurjee, Y; Le Roux, Alize; Coetzee, MDate:May 2014This article examines the phenomenon of backyard housing in Gauteng, a prominent driver of urban spatial change in South Africa’s housing market. Backyard housing in South Africa increasingly attracts the attention of policymakers because of ...Read more
Author:Shapurjee, Y; Charlton, SDate:Nov 2013South Africa’s ‘housing programme’ transfers a fully-funded serviced site and house to qualifying beneficiaries with aims of progressively addressing poverty through homeownership. Despite delivering close to 3 million houses since 1994, ...Read more