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The impact of illegal land invasions on the spatial and demographic structure of the city : an evaluation of Siyanyanzela, Grabouw
Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/132429 The impact of illegal land invasions on the spatial and demographic structure of the city : an evaluation of Siyanyanzela, Grabouw Sixabayi, Awonke Geyer, H. S. Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies. Squatter settlements -- South Africa -- Grabouw Land tenure -- South Africa -- Grabouw Spatial analysis (Statistics) Grabouw (South Africa) -- Demographics UCTD Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2025. Sixabayi, A. 2025. The impact of illegal land invasions on the spatial and demographic structure of the city. An evaluation of Siyanyanzela, Grabouw. Unpublished masters thesis. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/c6551f6a-4f3d-4185-a1e5-f3a550f67311 ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Grabouw is a major economic centre in the Western Cape linked to the agricultural and food manufacturing and export industries. The area is experiencing exceptionally high population growth rates, resulting in the growth of informal settlements due to land invasions. These land invasions pose significant challenges to urban governance, requiring adequate demographic and socio-economic data to strategise developmental priorities in the region. The research conducted an extensive survey of households in the recently established illegal informal settlement of Siyanyanzela, and compared this with a comparable survey of households in the historically Coloured low-income neighbourhoods in Grabouw West. The research results indicated that the majority of residents in the land invasion of Siyanyanzela originate in Grabouw. This is partly due to land pressures because of the limited land ownership of Black African and coloured residents, as well as population growth pressures in Grabouw as newly formed households require new housing opportunities. This is evident in the differences in household structures with Siyanyanzela containing younger populations and nuclear households and Grabouw West containing more extended households and elderly. Both the study areas of Siyanyanzela and Grabouw West are experiencing rapid demographic changes, with both areas being ethnically mixed, with Siyanyanzela being predominantly Black African. There are significant housing and service disparities between the two neighbourhoods, with Siyanyanzela containing significantly more informal housing, much of which is illegally occupied or bought informally. Housing is significantly smaller in Siyanyanzela and has lower rates of water and sanitation facilities, with most of the households depending on communal taps and communal toilets. These pressures create unnecessary health and safety risks in Siyanyanzela. Economically, employment rates are very low, with much of the agricultural employment being precarious. Consequently, household incomes are relatively low and there is also a very low rate of public and private transportation usage in the study area. Combined with an exceedingly low rate of education and very low rates of marriages, the households in Siyanyanzela are highly vulnerable to health and safety risks, and the low employment and incomes limit the ability of the settlement to formalise and integrate into existing municipal systems. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Grabouw is 'n belangrike ekonomiese sentrum in die Wes-Kaap wat gekoppel is aan die landbou- en voedselvervaardigings- en uitvoerbedrywe. Die gebied ervaar buitengewone hoë bevolkingsgroeikoerse, wat lei tot die groei van informele nedersettings as gevolg van grondbesettings. Hierdie grondbesettings stel beduidende uitdagings vir stedelike bestuur, wat voldoende demografiese en sosio-ekonomiese data vereis om ontwikkelingsprioriteite in die streek te bepaal. Die navorsing het 'n uitgebreide opname van huishoudings in die onlangs gevestigde onwettige informele nedersetting Siyanyanzela gedoen, en dit vergelyk met 'n vergelykbare opname van huishoudings in die histories Kleurling lae-inkomste woonbuurte in Grabouw-Wes. Grabouw is 'n belangrike ekonomiese sentrum in die Wes-Kaap wat gekoppel is aan die landbou- en voedselvervaardigings- en uitvoerbedrywe. Die gebied ervaar buitengewone hoë bevolkingsgroeikoerse, wat lei tot die groei van informele nedersettings as gevolg van grondbesettings. Hierdie grondbesettings stel beduidende uitdagings vir stedelike bestuur, wat voldoende demografiese en sosio-ekonomiese data vereis om ontwikkelingsprioriteite in die streek te bepaal. Die navorsing het 'n uitgebreide opname van huishoudings in die onlangs gevestigde onwettige informele nedersetting Siyanyanzela gedoen, en dit vergelyk met 'n vergelykbare opname van huishoudings in die histories Kleurling lae-inkomste woonbuurte in Grabouw-Wes. Die navorsingsresultate dui aan dat die meerderheid inwoners in die grondinval van Siyanyanzela hul oorsprong in Grabouw het. Dit is deels te wyte aan gronddruk as gevolg van die beperkte grondeienaarskap van Swart en Bruin inwoners, asook bevolkingsgroeidruk in Grabouw aangesien nuutgevormde huishoudings nuwe behuisingsgeleenthede benodig. Dit is duidelik in die verskille in huishoudelike strukture met Siyanyanzela wat jonger bevolkings en kernhuishoudings bevat en Grabouw-Wes wat meer uitgebreide huishoudings en bejaardes bevat. Beide die studiegebiede van Siyanyanzela en Grabouw-Wes ervaar vinnige demografiese veranderinge, met beide gebiede wat etnies vermeng is, met Siyanyanzela wat oorwegend Swart is. Daar is aansienlike behuising- en diensverskille tussen die twee woonbuurte, met Siyanyanzela wat aansienlik meer informele behuising bevat, waarvan baie onwettig bewoon of informeel gekoop word. Behuising is aansienlik kleiner in Siyanyanzela en het laer vlakke van water en sanitasiegeriewe, met die meeste van die huishoudings wat afhanklik is van gemeenskaplike krane en gemeenskaplike toilette. Hierdie druk skep onnodige gesondheids- en veiligheidsrisiko's in Siyanyanzela. Ekonomies is indiensnemingskoerse baie laag, met baie van die landbou-indiensneming wat onseker is. Gevolglik is huishoudlike inkomste relatief laag en daar is ook 'n baie lae koers van openbare en private vervoergebruik in die studiegebied. Gekombineer met 'n uiters lae onderwyskoers en baie lae valk van huwelike, is die huishoudings in Siyanyanzela hoogs kwesbaar vir gesondheids- en veiligheidsrisiko's, en die lae indiensneming en inkomste vlakke beperk die nedersetting se vermoë om te formaliseer en in bestaande munisipale stelsels te integreer. Die navorsingsresultate dui aan dat die meerderheid inwoners in die grondinval van Siyanyanzela hul oorsprong in Grabouw het. Dit is deels te wyte aan gronddruk as gevolg van die beperkte grondeienaarskap van Swart en Bruin inwoners, asook bevolkingsgroeidruk in Grabouw aangesien nuutgevormde huishoudings nuwe behuisingsgeleenthede benodig. Dit is duidelik in die verskille in huishoudelike strukture met Siyanyanzela wat jonger bevolkings en kernhuishoudings bevat en Grabouw-Wes wat meer uitgebreide huishoudings en bejaardes bevat. Beide die studiegebiede van Siyanyanzela en Grabouw-Wes ervaar vinnige demografiese veranderinge, met beide gebiede wat etnies vermeng is, met Siyanyanzela wat oorwegend Swart is. Daar is aansienlike behuising- en diensverskille tussen die twee woonbuurte, met Siyanyanzela wat aansienlik meer informele behuising bevat, waarvan baie onwettig bewoon of informeel gekoop word. Behuising is aansienlik kleiner in Siyanyanzela en het laer vlakke van water en sanitasiegeriewe, met die meeste van die huishoudings wat afhanklik is van gemeenskaplike krane en gemeenskaplike toilette. Hierdie druk skep onnodige gesondheids- en veiligheidsrisiko's in Siyanyanzela. Ekonomies is indiensnemingskoerse baie laag, met baie van die landbou-indiensneming wat onseker is. Gevolglik is huishoudlike inkomste relatief laag en daar is ook 'n baie lae koers van openbare en private vervoergebruik in die studiegebied. Gekombineer met 'n uiters lae onderwyskoers en baie lae valk van huwelike, is die huishoudings in Siyanyanzela hoogs kwesbaar vir gesondheids- en veiligheidsrisiko's, en die lae indiensneming en inkomste vlakke beperk die nedersetting se vermoë om te formaliseer en in bestaande munisipale stelsels te integreer. Masters 2025-06-06T11:54:59Z 2025-06-06T11:54:59Z 2025-03 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/132429 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 126 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Squatter settlements -- South Africa -- Grabouw Land tenure -- South Africa -- Grabouw Spatial analysis (Statistics) Grabouw (South Africa) -- Demographics UCTD Sixabayi, Awonke The impact of illegal land invasions on the spatial and demographic structure of the city : an evaluation of Siyanyanzela, Grabouw |
| title | The impact of illegal land invasions on the spatial and demographic structure of the city : an evaluation of Siyanyanzela, Grabouw |
| title_full | The impact of illegal land invasions on the spatial and demographic structure of the city : an evaluation of Siyanyanzela, Grabouw |
| title_fullStr | The impact of illegal land invasions on the spatial and demographic structure of the city : an evaluation of Siyanyanzela, Grabouw |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of illegal land invasions on the spatial and demographic structure of the city : an evaluation of Siyanyanzela, Grabouw |
| title_short | The impact of illegal land invasions on the spatial and demographic structure of the city : an evaluation of Siyanyanzela, Grabouw |
| title_sort | impact of illegal land invasions on the spatial and demographic structure of the city an evaluation of siyanyanzela grabouw |
| topic | Squatter settlements -- South Africa -- Grabouw Land tenure -- South Africa -- Grabouw Spatial analysis (Statistics) Grabouw (South Africa) -- Demographics UCTD |
| url | https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/132429 |
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