Great care should be taken when drawing ostensible conclusions. • of existing National Government programme and policy, as . Source: Statistics South Africa (by adrianfrith.com). 2.1 Limitations of the Statistics South Africa data 4 2.2 HDA informal settlement enumerations in Limpopo 5 2.3 Definition of informal settlements 6. Part T he population of most African cities have been growing since the 1960s at some of the fastest rates in the world, and by 2050, about 55% of Africans will be living in urban areas (up from 38% in 2000). human settlements. In SoutH AFrIcA a. early roots of the capital subsidy scheme The South African government’s commitment to improving access to housing in the years following 1994 was significant and substantive. Informal settlement in South Africa with solar panels. Urban Models Urban Settlement Issues / Problems Governance of Urban Settlements Inner City Renewal, Planning & the Future X-PLANATION: URBAN SETTLEMENTS Urbanisation (%): The process in which an increasing proportion of the country’s population is concentrated in urban areas. 1 Over 90% of new urban development in Africa is informal. • An analysis of the sustainability of the South Africa. Informal settlement - Enkanini with mountain and blue sky on the outskirts of Stellenbosch, Western Cape Kwazulu Natal, South Africa `Sosele Store`, local store painted in green, photographed in a rural village. settlements. 1. “Rural” and “urban“ 1.1 A complex range of spatial settings • the origin and development of urban settlements – urbanisation of the world’s population; • how site and situation affect the location of urban settlements; and • classification of urban settlements according to function, such as central places, trade and transport, break of bulk points, specialised cities, junction towns and gateway towns or gap towns. The spatial distribution of populations and settlements across a country and their interconnectivity and accessibility from urban areas are important for delivering healthcare, distributing resources and economic development. Instead, I shall raise at a broad conceptual level four issues which demand Rural-Urban Linkages: South Africa Case Study A. DEFINITIONS Many comparative analyses of South African demographics, settlement patterns, and population flows are bedevilled by complex and varying definitions. The non-urban population amounts to nearly 4,100,000, and dense concentrations of rural and peri-urban settlements occur in other districts and areas.” (3) The Eastern Cape Province continues to be one of SA’s provinces with the highest levels of poverty, … The 2001 and 2011 figures are not completely comparable because of boundary differences between the … For example, in Greater Giyani in Limpopo, look at the changes that have defined a rural area, from various small settlements, to clusters of small villages, and eventually becoming a large village. Explanation: The tabulated population figures are derived from completely or mostly urban sub places according to the 2011 definition . on the different types of human settlement found in South Africa. Technically, what should have reached “small town” status, has been marred, because the administrative functions are not in an orderly urban space. Part 1: Introduction 3 Part 2: Overview of census and survey data 4. A. RURAL- URBAN LINKAGES AND URBANISATION THE ORIGINS AND DEFINITIONS OF RURAL-URBAN LINKAGES AND THE URBANISATION PROCESS IN SOUTH AFRICA. When the African National Congress (ANC) government took up office in 1994, more than 15 million people were living in informal urban settlements It is caused by rural urban migration. Contents. INORMAL SETTLEMENTS IN SOTH ARICA - AGST 2013 RESEARCH REPORT. by Charles Simkins Introduction The topic is a very large one and so there can be no question of a systematic treatment.