This article examines how racial capitalism intersects with platform capitalism through the
rise of rental platforms and corporate landlords in the post-apartheid housing market …

ABSTRACT Focusing on Cape Town, this article investigates how financialization unfolds in
the South African housing market. I use a mixed method that combines in-depth field …

Informality is a critical theme in urban studies. In recent years,'the everyday'has become a
focus of studies on informality in African cities. These studies focus on particularity and …

Abstract In South Africa, the state provides low-income housing through subsidies to
construct starter homes; however, the effort is insufficient to meet the country's housing …

This article interrogates the term “periphery” by examining the forms of urbanisation
unfolding in the Gauteng City‐Region (GCR) of South Africa. Among the urbanisation …

'Affordable housing'for Johannesburg's growing middle class is a developmentalist
imperative and potentially lucrative market. However, few greenfield developers have found …

As the housing bubble burst in overheated property markets around the world, South Africa's
so-called 'affordable housing market'appeared to be bucking the trend. From 2010 …

This chapter excavates affordable housing's pre-history through exploring mundane,
bureaucratic practices and instruments of land use management. From officials and …

South Africa's low-income housing sector is typified by sprawling subsidised housing,
informal settlements and a hybrid typology manifest as the informal backyard rental sector …

Human settlement is a human right with the potential to address socio-economic challenges
faced by the housing sector in South Africa. Since 1994, attempts have been made through …