Stuart Wilson, Business Day

EARLIER this month, a team of lawyers and community activists addressed hundreds of people at the Slovo Park informal settlement south of Johannesburg. The meeting was called to discuss the effect of a recent high court decision directing the City of Johannesburg to improve the area under the provisions of the Upgrading of Informal Settlements Policy.

The policy is part of South African law, found in the National Housing Code of 2009. But municipalities have consistently refused to apply it. Continue reading →