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In-situ informal settlement upgrades through community savings: possibility or farfetched dream in the South African Context
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/59795 In-situ informal settlement upgrades through community savings: possibility or farfetched dream in the South African Context Taft, Trevor ichelp@gibs.co.za Chigumira, Hazel UCTD Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2017. This study explored the possibility of utilising saving groups in the form of stokvels as a feasible mechanism for community driven in-situ upgrades in the South African context. Looking from the lens of psychological empowerment the study investigated the empowering community settings that are absent or present within the stokvel and insitu upgrade framework that deter or enable stokvels to solve greater needs of the community. An exploratory qualitative study was conducted through the use of semi-structured interviews to obtain the insights of a sample of eight individuals representing NGOs, CBOs and experts within the field of informal settlement upgrades, housing finance, and savings groups, as well as eight stokvel representatives residing in Diepsloot and Alexandra. Inductive analysis was utilised to interpret the findings of the study in addition to unearthing emergent themes. The study found that a cocktail of impediments exist to in-situ upgrades. Nonetheless, stokvels were found to be a possible avenue of championing in-situ upgrades due to the presence of members who were already psychologically empowered. A more facilitative environment was found to be a requirement to enhance the setting maintenance and change of the environment that facilitates stokvels to tackle more complex problems such as self-driven upgrades of their settlements. ms2017 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2017-04-07T13:05:41Z 2017-04-07T13:05:41Z 2017-03-30 2017 Mini Dissertation Chigumira, H 2017, In-situ informal settlement upgrades through community savings: possibility or farfetched dream in the South African Context, MBA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59795> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59795 en © 2017 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD In-situ informal settlement upgrades through community savings: possibility or farfetched dream in the South African Context |
| title | In-situ informal settlement upgrades through community savings: possibility or farfetched dream in the South African Context |
| title_full | In-situ informal settlement upgrades through community savings: possibility or farfetched dream in the South African Context |
| title_fullStr | In-situ informal settlement upgrades through community savings: possibility or farfetched dream in the South African Context |
| title_full_unstemmed | In-situ informal settlement upgrades through community savings: possibility or farfetched dream in the South African Context |
| title_short | In-situ informal settlement upgrades through community savings: possibility or farfetched dream in the South African Context |
| title_sort | in situ informal settlement upgrades through community savings possibility or farfetched dream in the south african context |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59795 |