Amandla 90/91

HOUSE THE PEOPLE AND BUILD THE ECONOMY

HOUSE THE PEOPLE AND BUILD THE ECONOMY

NOBODY WHO LOOKS AROUND South Africa's cities and towns can deny that we have the most acute housing crisis. Shack settlements constantly increase in number. New land is occupied. Shacks burn down and are rebuilt. Even entire apartment blocks burn down. The endless...

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Amandla 90/91: Stop The Genocide

Amandla 90/91: Stop The Genocide

After the review of the last 30 years of agrarian reform in Amandla! 89, the feature in this issue looks at ‘The housing mess’. Patrick Bond goes back to what he calls “the developer-driven, bank-centred model” of Joe Slovo’s housing policy, and notes how it has...

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