Development challenges in Khayelitsha : an analysis of related issues

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Apartheid statutes like the former Group Areas Act created what is referred as ApartheidDormitory Cities. Khayelitsha is a typical creation of apartheid. As a result Khayelitsha facesmany socio-economic challenges such as poverty, low standard of living characterised by lowincome distribution or no income, high rate of unemployment, illiteracy, education problems,housing problems, health problems and poor economic conditions. Attempts were made to createcivic associations and development structures to deal with socio-economic challenges inKhayelitsha, but all those attempts never brought about development solutions. The Khayelitshacommunity tends to have a poor participatory planning role in development related issues.Khayelitsha as an apartheid legacy city will take a long time to dismantle in social, economic andpurely practical terms. Rebuilding Khayelitsha equitably will be a tough exercise. Thegovernment strives to develop South Africa from a society of racially based compartmentalisationinto a non-racial, developed country with equal opportunities, better education, health, housing andemployment.These challenges are Khayelitsha's major problems which cannot be solved overnight.The problem faced is the re-integration of the separated zones of the former group areas. Thismakes it difficult to share the economic resources that are needed in Khayelitsha in order to solveits socio-economic problems. The integration of cities will only come about if the restructuring isin accordance with specific needs of the Khayelitsha community. People of Khayelitsha should beinvolved in the planning of their own city and be able to make informed decisions.The objective of this thesis is to analyse related development issues and challenges in Khayelitshaand to provide possible solutions contributing to development.Government and development agencies can draw lessons from the recommendations of this thesisand come up with sustainable and people-centred development-related strategies.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University