- Title
- To explore the Reconstruction Development Programme housing system in South Africa and its full potential relating to the system itself, the design, government’s role and the challenges encountered in its implementation: The Case of Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape
- Creator
- Mvunge, Nathunathi Mvunge
- Subject
- Housing -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Human services -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MPA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/13782
- Identifier
- vital:39711
- Description
- The issue of housing in South Africa presents a challenge confronting many citizens. As such, this dissertation seeks to identify the challenges faced by the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality in its implementation of the RDP Housing Scheme, to assess how the housing challenges in the BCMM differ from those in other municipalities, to identify the measures taken by the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality to address the challenges encountered in the implementation of the RDP Housing Scheme and to give possible recommendations that address the challenges encountered in the implementation of the RDP Housing Scheme in BCMM. The study makes use of qualitative research in the form of in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, observations and relevant secondary literature to collect data from the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and from citizens residing in Amalinda and Scenery Park RDP houses. The findings of the study show that the majority of the occupants of RDP houses in both Amalinda and Scenery Park are not satisfied with the quality of the houses mainly in terms of their sizes and space. The government has limited resources and is not able to provide enough good quality houses to the applicant’s needs. In addition, the study reveals that there are bureaucratic (red tape) delays in the implementation of the RDP and that the government does not work together with or consult with the beneficiaries of the RDP Housing scheme sufficiently. The study was anchored in the Neo-institutional and the growth pole theory. As to recommendations, the study has recommended that the government address the still extant barriers intiated by the apartheid government, by allowing public participation in the implementation of the RDP housing scheme and ensuring that effective screening measures be used to eligible RDP housing occupants.
- Format
- 124 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Management and Commerce
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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