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Local Councillors: scapegoats for a dysfunctional participatory democratic system? Lessons from practices of local democracy in Johannesburg.

Benit Gbaffou, Claire (Critical Dialogue: Public Participation in Review., 208)

This paper starts with the study of participation patterns in different neighbourhoods in Johannesburg, and demonstrates that institutional channels (be it representative democracy, or various participatory institutions ...
City of Johannesburg. Brief History of the Development of its system of Government

Public Relations Office, City Hall, Johannesburg (Public Relations Officer, City Hall, P.O.Box 1049, Johannesburg, 1967)

On 8th September, 1886, Paul Kruger, president of the Transvaal Republic, signed a proclamation declaring several farms, including Randjieslaagte, on the Witwatersrand ("Ridge of White Waters") public gold diggings. The ...
Carlton Centre Limited. Statistics and General Information Relating to Carlton Centre

Johannesburg PD/MGS/GSF (Johannesburg City Coucil, City Engineer., 1970-09-11)

The promotors of Carlton Centre are the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa, Limited and The South African Breweries Limited...The excavation necessary to permit the construction of the below ground levels was one ...
Latter-day South African Spatial Planning And Problem Solving

Boshoff, Brian (ISoCaRP Congress, 2003)

The SA space economy and the striving for development has come a long way, but still faces great challenges. One of those challenges is to deal with globalisation -- a highly contested influence that has been shown by many ...
An Interpretation of Sustainable Development and Urban Sustainability in Low-Cost Housing and Settlements in South Africa

Irurah, Daniel K; Boshoff, Brian (University of Cape Town Press, 2003)

The sustainable development paradigm can be viewed as a convergence of two paradigms that initially evolved in an antagonistic manner, possibly as far back as the industrial revolution. The first one is the growth and ...
The Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002: part panacea or ready recipe for disaster?

Boshoff, Brian; Van Wyk, J (SA Public Law, 2003)

Floods, earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, explosions, runaway fires, and transportation and other accidents are all occurrences with which we are familiar, if only vicariously. These events can presumably all ...
Gender and integrated area development projects: lessons from Cato Manor, Durban

Todes, Alison; Beall, Jo (Cities, 2004)

The paper examines whether integrated area development projects are particularly well placed to recognize the complexity and diversity of gender relations and provide important space for gender sensitive planning and ...
Integrated Area Development Projects: Working Towards Innovation

Todes, Alison; Odendaal, Nancy; Cameron, Jenny (Transaction Publishers. Urban Forum., 2004-10)

There is growing interest in integrated area development projects as a way of responding to special problem areas, including ameliorating the geographic concentration of social and economic disadvantage. This is expressed ...
Policing Johannesburg wealthy neighborhoods: the uncertain ‘partnerships’ between police, communities and private security companies

Benit Gbaffou, Claire (Trialog, 2006)

The paper examines the challenges raised by “partnerships” between state and non-state security stakeholders, relying on two security experiments developed in Johannesburg wealthy neighborhoods. It raises the question ...
Decentralising voice: women’s participation in Integrated Development Planning processes in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Williamson, Amanda; Sithole, Pearl; Todes, Alison (Paper presented to Conference on the Place of Participation in a democratising South Africa, IFAS, HSRC and CUBES, Wits, 20-21st November, 2006., 2006-11-20)

The appeal of decentralisation is based on the belief that it will foster participatory democracy, introduce more responsive service delivery and advance the rights of citizens. It is also assumed that decentralisation ...
Local Government, Gender and Integrated Development Planning

Todes, Alison; Williamson, Amanda; Sithole, Pearl (HSRC Press, 2007)

The South African Constitution is one of the most progressive in the world. It demonstrates a commitment to promoting equality for men and women, and entrenches women's rights. This commitment is carried through in several ...
The place of participation in South African local democracy. Editorial.

Benit Gbaffou, Claire (Transformation, 2008)

This collection of papers attempts to start bringing together these different approaches, relying on different methodologies and disciplines, in order to deepen our understanding of the interaction, at the local level, ...
Community Policing and Disputed Norms for Local Social Control in Post-Apartheid Johannesburg

Benit Gbaffou, Claire (Journal of Southern African Studies., 2008-03)

This article, based on field study in suburbs and townships in post-apartheid Johannesburg, argues that there are different ‘cultures’ of policing and different conceptions of local social order embedded in different ...
City Planners

Todes, Alison (HSRC Press, 2009)

City planning is a small profession, with only 3 790 graduates by 2004. Data sources on the profession are limited, and there are only a few, mainly qualitative studies. 'Planning' as it is described in the Planning ...
Gender in Planning and Urban Development

Malaza, Nqobile; Todes, Alison; Williamson, Amanda (Commonwealth Secretariat, 2009-12)

There is increasing evidence that women and men experience cities in different ways. Therefore gender-sensitive urban planning is needed. However, like other built environment occupations, the planning profession has ...
Beyond master planning? New approaches to spatial planning in Ekurhuleni, South Africa

Todes, Alison; Karam, Aly; Klug, Neil; Malaza, N (Elsevier., 2010)

Traditional master planning has been criticised, but continues in various forms. This paper critically assesses an initiative by a South Africa metropolitan municipality to develop ‘local spatial developmen tframeworks’: ...
Including Women? (Dis)junctures Between Voice,

Todes, Alison; Sithole, Pearl; Williamson, Amanda (Urban Forum. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010, 2010-02-05)

Abstract Integrated development plans (IDPs) are municipal strategic plans designed to bring about developmental local government. They have been criticised for providing insufficient space for democratic participation. ...
Contemporary South African Urbanization Dynamics

Todes, Alison et al (Urban Forum. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010, 2010-06-16)

Abstract The paper provides an overview of urbanization patterns and trends in the current era in South Africa, focusing in particular on the key dynamics and driving forces underlying migration and urbanization. It ...
The researcher as the ball in a political game

Benit Gbaffou, Claire (Carnets de géographes,, 2010-10)

This research, undertaken by PLANACT (an NGO) and for which I am playing a role as research adviser, is about the place of residents’ participation in a hostel renovation projecti. The hostelii is located on former mining ...
‘Up close and personal’ - How does local democracy help the poor access the state? Stories of accountability and clientelism in Johannesburg

Benit Gbaffou, Claire (Journal of Asian and African Studies, 2011)

The paper revisits participation and decentralization in relation to local clientelism, arguing that they share the personalization of links between residents and the State and the local possibility to adapt state policies. ...

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