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The Slums Act was a highly controversial Act supported by the Provincial Government of KwaZulu-Natal as a response to housing conditions. Its stated purpose was to eliminate substandard housing conditions by giving the provincial Housing MEC authority to prescribe a time in which it would be compulsory for municipalities to evict unlawful occupiers of slums when landowners failed to do so.
A program to deliver 30,000 homes, part of a wider slum clearance plan got underway in 1957. [8] By the early 1970s, South Africa was well advanced into various major clearance projects. In Umlazi, just south of Durban, 20,000 new bungalows were laid out in a style reminiscent of California. The new properties were available for $10 monthly ...
Slum clearance removes the slum, but neglecting the needs of the community or its people, does not remove the causes that create and maintain the slum. [5] [6] Similarly, plans to remove slums in several non-Western contexts have proven ineffective without sufficient housing and other support for the displaced communities.
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Amendment Act, 2014: 3: Tourism Act, 2014: 4: Employment Services Act, 2014: 5: Marine Living Resources Amendment Act, 2014: 6: Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2014: 7: Science and Technology Laws Amendment Act, 2014: 8: South African Language Practitioners' Council Act, 2014: 9: Legal ...
Mental Health Act, 1973: 19: South African Law Commission Act, 1973 (before 2003) South African Law Reform Commission Act, 1973 (after 2003) 20: Development of Self-government for Native Nations in South-West Africa Amendment Act, 1973: 21: Rhodes University (Private) Amendment Act, 1973: 22: University of South Africa (Private) Amendment Act ...
Removal and replacement of slum created a conflict of interest, and politics prevented efforts to remove, relocate or upgrade the slums into housing projects that are better than the slums. Similar dynamics are cited in favelas of Brazil, [ 100 ] slums of India, [ 101 ] [ 102 ] and shanty towns of Kenya.
The Prevention of Illegal Squatting Act, Act No 52 of 1951, formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. This act authorized the forcible removal of squatting communities. It allowed eviction and destruction of homes of squatters by landowners, local authorities, and government officials. It was commenced on 6 July ...
Slums in South Africa exist in all major cities. There are also rural informal settlements. [1] The slums are listed below under the city or town they are nearest to.