My house is my castle

The South African housing policy 1994-2004:
an evaluation.

Madelon ten Cate

History of International Relations
University of Utrecht

Supervisors: Dr. Maarten Kuitenbrouwer, University of Utrecht
Prof. Willie Breytenbach, University of Stellenbosch
June 2004

PREFACE

1. RESEARCH PROPOSAL

    1.1 Introduction

        1.1.1 Problem statement

        1.1.2 Historical overview

    1.2 Literature survey

    1.3 Purpose and significance

    1.4 Methodology

        1.4.1 Elaboration of methodology

        1.4.2 Institutional data

        1.4.3 Township visits

2. THE TRANSITION PERIOD: POLICY-MAKING AND THE CONSTITUTION

    2.1 A transitional overview

        2.1.1 ‘Cometh the hour, cometh the man’: the pre-negotiation period

        2.1.2 Negotiation period

    2.2 Interim (1993) and Final (1996) Constitution and housing

        2.2.1 The Interim Constitution

        2.2.2 The Final Constitution

    2.3 RDP, GEAR and the Housing White Paper

        2.3.1 The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP)

        2.3.2 Growth Employment and Reconstruction (GEAR) strategy

        2.3.3 The Housing White Paper (HWP)

    2.4 Assessment

3. PUBLIC POLICY AND HOUSING SINCE 1994

    3.1 Appropriate laws and policies

    3.2 Subsidy schemes and the role of business

        3.2.1 Subsidy schemes

        3.2.2 The Capacitation Programme

        3.2.3 The role of business

    3.3 Local government

    3.4 Assessment

4. THE FACTS: DATA AND TRENDS SINCE 1994

    4.1  94/1995: Delivery, data and trends

        4.1.1 Statistics, promises and policies

        4.1.2 Assessment of the year 1994/1995

    4.2  99/2000: Delivery, data and trends

        4.2.1 Statistics, promises and policies

        4.2.2 Assessment of the year 1999/2000

    4.3  02/2003: Delivery, data, trends

        4.3.1 Statistics, promises and policies

        4.3.2 Assessment of the year 2002/2003

    4.4 Overall assessment of the years 1994/1999/2002

5. TOWNSHIP VISITS

    5.1 Origin of townships

    5.2 Visited townships

    5.3 Personal impression

    5.4 Assessment – or lasting impressions

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ABBREVIATIONS

ANNEX