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Nicholas Pinfold Why is it that after 20 years of being liberated - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Nicholas Pinfold Why is it that after 20 years of being liberated - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
USI NG GEOGRAPHI C I NFORMATI ON SYSTEM (GIS) PEDAGOGY AS A CATALYST FOR COMMUNI TY CATALYST FOR COMMUNI TY ENGAGEMENT Nicholas Pinfold Why is it that after 20 years of being liberated more than half of South Africans are living in poverty ?
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Why is it that after 20 years of being liberated more than half of South
African’s are living in poverty? African’s are living in poverty? The ANC has …
- Doubled the middle class
- Doubled the middle class
- Drastically reduced illiteracy
- Built 2 million new low income houses
- Created a social grant system that
supports 16 million people
supports 16 million people
However according to a Unicef study (2011):
- 11.9 million children in South Africa live in
poverty
- Almost 1.4 million live in households that rely on
streams or rivers as their main source of water streams or rivers as their main source of water
- 1.5 million live in houses that have no toilet at all
- Sadly 1 400 mothers die in their neonatal period
annually
annually
- 22 000 neonatal deaths a year – 43%were
probably avoidable
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South Africa has a social fabric that is very thinly knit Apartheid was a massive social Apartheid was a massive social engineering project that lasted nearly 60 years The ANC government needs t o acknowledge t hat it s The ANC government needs t o acknowledge t hat it s bureaucratic machine cannot handle the redistribution demands of its electorate
The problem in Sout h Af rica cannot be resolved The problem in Sout h Af rica cannot be resolved
within the current service delivery limitations of
provincial or local government in particular Government needs to create massive public- private partnerships (PPPS) run by the private sector in areas which require urgent attention To unleash unprecedented prosperity we must create a sustainable country wide mixed income urban
housing model that will reverse apartheid – but what
about informal settlements?
housing model that will reverse apartheid – but what
about informal settlements?
(Hlumelo, Biko 2013)
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SERVICE PROVIDER HIGHER PARTNERSHIP COMMUNITY HIGHER EDUCATION
It is believed that a tri-sector partnership could benefit the informal sector by ensuring equity
TRIAD PARTNERSHIP MODEL
It is believed that a tri-sector partnership could benefit the informal sector by ensuring equity
- f economic growth and prospects for better living conditions, which are sustainable for all the
partners (CHE, 2006:93).
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Higher Education Act, 1997.
Post-Apartheid
reconstruction
- f
South
African
Higher
Education system includes Community Engagement as one of the core responsibilities of higher education, alongside Teaching, core responsibilities of higher education, alongside Teaching, Learning and Research (Hall, 2010:2)
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CPUT
- Community Engagement is in its academic plan in
CPUT
- Community Engagement is in its academic plan in
response to challenges of transformation in Higher Education (Lazarus et al, 2008:66).
Service Learning Project: Flamingo Crescent Informal Settlement – re blocking (enumeration and mapping)
Re-blocking in informal settlements - moving physical structures
to facilitate
a more
practical layout
to
improved living conditions, provide basic services, adjust movement routes and conditions, provide basic services, adjust movement routes and
to improve spaces for community activities. These minimal
adjustments can mostly be done by residents themselves once a layout plan has been approved by the relevant local authority. layout plan has been approved by the relevant local authority.
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Partnerships: Partnerships:
TRP - Department of Town and Regional Planning TRP - Department of Town and Regional Planning
SDI/ISN – Slum Dwellers International/Informal Settlement
Network
CORC – Community Organisation Resource Centre CORC – Community Organisation Resource Centre
AAPS – Association of African Planning Schools
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Goals
Improve community-led mapping (measuring) of the site
Provide 2D/3D printouts of the ‘as built’ plan for display in the community office community office Confirm floor areas of
existing
shacks
with
community measured plans
Attend site meetings with partners and the City of Cape Town Attend site meetings with partners and the City of Cape Town Facilitate a more practical layout of the settlement
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