A case study of international circular migrants shack-farming in the Bon Accord Agricultural Holdings, Tshwane, South Africa.

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The perpetual shortage of affordable housing in South Africa as a function of population growth in the back of increased immigration has been greeted with the emergence and proliferation of various forms of informal settlements, including shack-farming in spite of their illegality. The study was carried out in the Bon Accord Agricultural Holdings area within the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality to determine the factors behind the existence and proliferation of informal housing on land primarily zoned for small-scale agricultural activities. The study sought to uncover the characteristics of shack-farm residents; the primary motivations of shack-farming tenants' choice to settle in these settlements as opposed to other settlements; the characteristics of tenure; the relationship between landlords and tenants in these settlements; the spill-over effects of these settlements in the area and whether the marginal social costs of these settlements exceed the perceived benefits thereof. The analysis of the collected data has confirmed that international temporary labour migrants' need for affordable accommodation closer to potential job opportunities in the Bon Accord Agricultural Holdings leads to the existence and proliferation of shack-farms because international temporary migrant workers deliberately chose to reside in shack-farms in the Bon Accord Agricultural Holdings for their affordability, proximity to work and the existing social networks. In spite of these conveniences, the tenants did not have tenure security and their existence in the area was seen by the neighbouring landlords as resulting in negative spill-over effects in the neighbourhood.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University