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Creating and capturing value around transport nodes
Urban LandMark, 2011Infrastructure, and transport infrastructure in particular, can add significant value to land. Transport infrastructure is most often funded from the public purse, yet very often it is local landowners, project developers and property investors who profit most from such investments.DocumentPartnerships for development: Bakubung-Ba-Ratheo and Wesizwe Platinum case study
Urban LandMark, 2010The Bakubung-Ba-Ratheo and Wesizwe Platinum case study is about a unique partnership. It is the first time in South Africa that a mining company initiated a partnership with a community based on the community owning shares in the company.DocumentOperations and management of township nodal developments: Khayelitsha Business District case study
Urban LandMark, 2010Khayelitsha is a typical South African apartheid urban area, situated away from Cape Town’s affluent areas, geographically isolated, and located with other similar places in a ‘poverty zone’ between a bleak section of the False Bay coastline and the N2 corridor. The Khayelitsha Business District (KBD) development is one of the first cases of its kind in South Africa.DocumentTownship regeneration in small towns: a case study
Urban LandMark, 2011Small towns have an important role to play in rural development. There is renewed national discussion about the ways in which municipalities can promote and facilitate small town development. These include integrating the regeneration of previously marginalised township areas with broader development plans for small towns.DocumentDeveloping township regeneration strategies: a case study
Urban LandMark, 2011TTRI initiative is a partnership to promote township development in South Africa through the training of township managers and practitioners. The current paper reflects some practical experiences in generating Township Regeneration Strategy (TRS) in the framework of TTRI.DocumentThe courts: lights that guide our foreign affairs?
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014South Africa’s constitutional democracy reserves a specific role for the judiciary in upholding human rights. This responsibility inevitably has an impact on the formulation and conduct of South Africa’s foreign policy.DocumentSouth Africa’s diplomacy 20 years on: implementing the African agenda around core values, principles and issues
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014After 20 years of democracy, post-apartheid South Africa has been successfully reintegrated into international affairs. By virtue of the country’s domestic order, specifically its democracy, human rights and globally integrated economy, South Africa has assumed leadership roles in various international platforms – the UN, African Union (AU) and the G-20.DocumentSouth Africa’s relations with China and Taiwan: economic realism and the ‘One China’ doctrine - Policy Brief
Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2014In 1998, after the fall of apartheid, South Africa commenced diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). This ‘normalisation’ of South Africa’s China policy came with a condition to recognise Beijing’s ‘One China’ policy proclaiming Taiwan an inalienable part of China.DocumentSouth African relations with China and Taiwan: economic realism and the ‘One - China’ doctrine
Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2014This report examines the extent of political reach into the economic exchanges occurring between China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Africa. Our report focusses on South Africa’s ability to navigate its way through this challenging relationship, highlighting South Africa’s ability to adapt to new political contexts.DocumentDevelopment of an urban development component for the Second Economy Strategy Project: an initiative of the Presidency
Urban LandMark, 2008Both in research and in practice there have been many ideas and interventions aimed at restructuring cities. In South Africa various programmes have been implemented to combat apartheid city form and address the needs of the urban poor. Amongst these the big projects and flagship programmes have had considerable success.Pages
