Spaces of resistance: poverty, information and community organisation in a Cape Town township
Abstract
This paper examines struggles for urban permanency in an informal settlement on the fringes of Cape Town in the run up to the South African national election of 2004. It focuses on the rapid emergence of the settlement of Nkanini (Forceful) and the key social, cultural, political and communicative dynamics that framed the ensuing bitter struggle between residents and local City of Cape Town authorities over claims to occupy of the land. Analysis frames this struggle in terms of a local appropriation of basic human rights legislation that informs community action and therein claims to residential formality.
Citation
Urban Studies (2007) 44 (5) 979-995 [doi:10.1080/00420980701256021]
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Spaces of resistance: poverty, information and community organisation in a Cape Town township