7 articles in this issue
Marie Huchzermeyer
The national Department of Housing in 2004 launched its new Programme for the Development of Sustainable Human Settlements: Breaking New Ground, a ?ve year plan, corresponding with the ANC’s third term in government. Breaking New Ground (BNG) builds ... see more
Richard Pithouse
This article provides a brief overview of post-apartheid housing policy. It argues that, in principle, ‘Breaking New Ground’ (BNG) was a major advance over the subsidy system but that the failure to implement BNG, which has now been followed by ... see more
Karina Landman, Gertrude Matsebe, Maema Mmonwa
The new housing plan in South Africa promotes the development of medium density and mixed housing developments. The nature and organisation of the physical characteristics of this type of housing has been identified as one of the key factors tha... see more
Jan Cloete, Anita Venter, Lochner Marais
Despite the fact that South African housing policy has focused on ownership for the poor, the provision of rental housing through the Social Housing Policy has become an important delivery vehicle in the Breaking New Ground (BNG) policy directio... see more
Neil Klug, Shahid Vawda
The inadequacy of human settlements in South Africa is manifestly seen in the growth of informal settlements in all major cities and towns. Although there has been a history of informal settlement upgrading this has not been wide spread, nor has... see more
Kecia Rust, Tanya Zack, Mark Napier
In 2007 the Presidency called for a review of second economy strategies1 contained within the national housing programme with particular reference to how it has fared in relation to the so-called ‘second economy’. This article draws from that re... see more
Lauren Royston
This article offers a perspective on ‘Breaking New Ground’ (BNG) for municipal housing planning, on the premise that an applied understanding of the document is hard to achieve. This perspective is based on several housing consulting projects undertaken b... see more