Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
Beyond planning: the dynamics of living in the new public housing settlement of Forest Village on the Cape Flats
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2025.
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | en_ZA |
| Published: |
Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
2026
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613920023281664 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author | Salie, Mogamad Adnaan |
| author2 | Dubbeld, Bernard |
| author_browse | Dubbeld, Bernard Salie, Mogamad Adnaan |
| author_facet | Dubbeld, Bernard Salie, Mogamad Adnaan |
| author_sort | Salie, Mogamad Adnaan |
| collection | Thesis |
| dc_rights_str_mv | Stellenbosch University |
| description | Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2025. |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/134800 |
| institution | Stellenbosch University (South Africa) |
| language | en_ZA |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:43:48.089Z |
| license_str | Other — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from SUNScholar — Stellenbosch University Repository |
| publishDate | 2026 |
| publishDateRange | 2026 |
| publishDateSort | 2026 |
| publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| publisherStr | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | SUNScholar — Stellenbosch University Repository |
| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/134800 Beyond planning: the dynamics of living in the new public housing settlement of Forest Village on the Cape Flats Salie, Mogamad Adnaan Dubbeld, Bernard Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology. Cape Town (South Africa) -- Housing Cape Flats (South Africa) Urbanization -- South Africa -- Cape Town Housing management -- South Africa -- Cape Town Human settlements -- South Africa -- Cape Town Low-income housing -- South Africa -- Cape Town Public housing -- Social aspects -- South Africa -- Cape Town UCTD Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2025. Salie, M. A. 2025. Beyond planning: the dynamics of living in the new public housing settlement of Forest Village on the Cape Flats. Unpublished masters thesis. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/735c3ddb-7073-4d60-adc6-ef9baeed9c6b ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research is focused on Forest Village; a recently built government housing settlement located on the periphery of Cape Town. It was built in 2016, after more than two decades of post-apartheid housing policy, and residents moved into the settlement over the subsequent eight years after different phases of the construction were completed. My study considers whether the settlement represents an improvement on previous government housing projects by describing the challenges the settlement has faced, from its planning and design to the experience of living in the settlement. While recognising the continued need to provide housing for many of its poorest residents, the study suggests that its location, construction administration and building quality continue to confront recipients of government houses. Moreover, I show that even for those who do manage to receive houses and achieve a measure of security, social cohesion and community do not occur organically, and the difficulties of unemployment, crime and racism confront new residents of the area. I argue ultimately that although policy has made significant improvements, the question of location remains a serious difficulty and “community building” cannot be taken for granted in a society as socially fractured and materially unequal as post-apartheid South Africa. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Geen opsomming beskikbaar nie. Masters 2026-01-08T09:08:14Z 2026-01-08T09:08:14Z 2025-12 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/134800 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 77 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Cape Town (South Africa) -- Housing Cape Flats (South Africa) Urbanization -- South Africa -- Cape Town Housing management -- South Africa -- Cape Town Human settlements -- South Africa -- Cape Town Low-income housing -- South Africa -- Cape Town Public housing -- Social aspects -- South Africa -- Cape Town UCTD Salie, Mogamad Adnaan Beyond planning: the dynamics of living in the new public housing settlement of Forest Village on the Cape Flats |
| title | Beyond planning: the dynamics of living in the new public housing settlement of Forest Village on the Cape Flats |
| title_full | Beyond planning: the dynamics of living in the new public housing settlement of Forest Village on the Cape Flats |
| title_fullStr | Beyond planning: the dynamics of living in the new public housing settlement of Forest Village on the Cape Flats |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beyond planning: the dynamics of living in the new public housing settlement of Forest Village on the Cape Flats |
| title_short | Beyond planning: the dynamics of living in the new public housing settlement of Forest Village on the Cape Flats |
| title_sort | beyond planning the dynamics of living in the new public housing settlement of forest village on the cape flats |
| topic | Cape Town (South Africa) -- Housing Cape Flats (South Africa) Urbanization -- South Africa -- Cape Town Housing management -- South Africa -- Cape Town Human settlements -- South Africa -- Cape Town Low-income housing -- South Africa -- Cape Town Public housing -- Social aspects -- South Africa -- Cape Town UCTD |
| url | https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/134800 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT saliemogamadadnaan beyondplanningthedynamicsoflivinginthenewpublichousingsettlementofforestvillageonthecapeflats |