Nearly 4,000 households live there. This article aims to explore the causes of informal settlements in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM). Around 1,9-million South African households are found in informal settlements, where the battle for services, safety, and healthy living conditions rages on. ... Kempton Express is still deeply cemented in the ever changing community of Kempton Park. This pattern must be understood from a view beyond the City of Johannesburg’s boundary line. Among urban planners “realignment” or “re-blocking” has been listed as one way to help improve living conditions in informal settlements. To test his 'visual methodology' in the real world, Dr Nkambule tried it out in Khutsong Section informal settlement, located in Ivory Park Township in Midrand, Johannesburg. We can all make plans but whether they materialise or not is out of our hands as humans. During the Q&A Ivory Park issues raised by residents included: land invasion, illegal structures, electrification of informal settlements, upgrading of gravel roads, rapid land release, billing, job opportunities and … The plea was made following an oversight visit to the three informal settlements by the City’s Members of the Mayoral Committee (MMCs) to assess the levels of service delivery as part of its Bua Le Setshaba (Talk to the “To become a counsellor in an area that is underdeveloped in informal settlements like Ivory Park is not easy. Only one informal settlement itself crosses the municipal boundary, this is Chris Hani Extension 4 settlement, in an area spanning Ivory Park and Thembisa. Ivory Park is occupied by more than 182 000 black people and is located in the town of Midrand in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. This research focuses on the current informal settlement situation within the municipal boundaries of the City of Johannesburg. The pollution hotspots include the Kaalfontein wetland in Ivory Park and the Duduza informal settlement in Ekurhuleni - both strong fountain sources of the Kaalspruit, the headwaters of the Hennops. Precious Mangena said: “I have been living in this informal settlement for more than 20 years without any services delivered to us. The study aims to identify different\ud forms of child abuse, which occur in Ivory Park, to develop an understanding of\ud the family structure and the functioning of the families. Initially an overgrown area where numerous rapes and crimes occurred, the park was developed at a cost of R5,75-million. 16 September 2015 . August 28, 2014. It is located in Region 2 of the City of Johannesburg. Ivory Park, surrounded by informal settlements, amazed the judges, who could not believe that Johannesburg had created a first-class park in the poorest of poor areas. Monaheng says, " Community organising requires one to identify and spot different community initiatives, which need support in the fight for social equality." Ivory Park residents vowed to shut down the department of housing until their demands were met. Residents of Themba Khoza informal settlement near Ebony Park staged a protest on Republic Road in Midrand on 30 October in a bid to draw attention to the need to de-densify the informal settlement. Our finding is also that the majority the informal settlements in Johannesburg are characterized by low density and an orderliness in their layouts. The research raises concern less with informal settlement growth than with large concentrations of informal settlement, often dating back to the transition from apartheid to ANC-led government, that have seen little if any improvement over the past decade. This is exactly the case for the community of Ivory Park in Midrand Johannesburg. There’s no water and sanitation. Ivory Park: When the day begins, no one knows what comes with it and how it is going to end. The project challenges the dominant conceptualisation of the township street as a simple artery for (motor vehicle) movement and grid to aid in township management. 4. The City of Johannesburg has appealed to residents of Thabo Mbeki, Meriting, Baghdad among other informal settlements in Ivory Park, in the City’s Region A, to manage and take ownership of their sewer infrastructure. Informal Settlement, Sophia Town Informal Settlement K60 Informal Settlement – A, B ... West Informal Settlements, Diepsloot AH 14. ... “Since 1993, we have been staying in informal settlements. The article strongly challenges the view that the cause of informal settlements in EMM and other parts of South Africa is predominantly the apartheid government and agrees with literature which provides evidence that to a larger extent, the present government, not the apartheid government, is one of the dominant causes of informal settlements. Established in 1945 and has become a high-density area in Gauteng with 6 informal settlements in its southern part. 21589. Tembisa: the informal settlers whose homes have been occupied by strangers. Some, however, are on private land. Westside Park – residents use a bucket or open field • Steve Biko Park – settlement has no toilets at all 4. informal settlements in Ivory Park, in the City’s Region A, to manage and take ownership of their sewer infrastructure. It compares the informal settlement data-base of the City of Johannesburg with informal settlements as per the definition adopted by the National Upgrading Support Program (NUSP) (attributed to the Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme UISP). Nestled between Tembisa and Rabie Ridge to the east and the affluent Midrand to its west, Ivory Park is a dormitory settlement alongside Kaalfontein and Ebony Park. Orange Farm’s development continues across the Johannesburg border seamlessly into Evaton, Ivory Park into Thembisa, and Ebumandini (to the west) into Kagiso (see Figure 2). The official and political position on informal settlements in Johannesburg is that this form of residence has been ‘mushrooming’ or ‘ballooning’ over the past decade, that there are over 180 and more recently 189 such settlements in the city and that they are largely unsuited for in situ upgrading, therefore requiring relocation. INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS GRANT ... Sol Plaatje Ivory Park 1175 Standpipes within a 2Km radius Conventional sanitation within a 2 Km radius Adjacent collection once a week High mast Clinic within a 2Km radius Gravel road Police station, primary & secondary Park and Ward 93, they both yielded the same result for the residents of the informal settlements in the area. Marie Huchzermeyer, Aly Karam and Miriam Maina, University of the Witwatersrand. It has been a long and learning curve for me but coming from a poor background myself, I understand the challenges being faced by the people better,” said … It is a park that is built for people. In this analysis, the percentage of Johannesburg’s households living in informal settlements is currently below 7.5%. Informal settlements in Johannesburg remain concentrated in an arc along the city’s western periphery, from Ivory Park in the north east past Diepsloot in the northwest, down to Orange Farm in the far south. This research shows that growth in informal settlements is mostly punctual (restricted to specific areas) and spatially follows the strongest trends in formal up-market residential expansion with its domestic employment demands. 2, Calvin Lebotse, the government has made endless promises to give them decent housing. Democratic Alliance councillor Julie Suddaby was driving through Ivory Park when she saw the protest. Project manager Irene Mokoena said a total of 2 919 RDP houses would be built in Ivory Park, Rabie Ridge/Commercia and Diepsloot during the current financial year in a bid to “wipe out” informal settlements in the region. March 3, 2018. The article further establishes a common and fertile grou… In 2007, the United Nations honoured Johannesburg City Parks with the Liveable Communities (LivCom) Award. Raeesa Pather - June 9, 2015. Ivory Park is large township, situated in the northern region of the City of Johannesburg, Gauteng region, South Africa. And what a space this is! Yet Ivory Park is the winner for its residents, who, in the years of apartheid, never experienced the joy of open green space. “Five construction companies have … In 2001, the recorded level of formal unemployment in the area was very high (53%) compared to a To identify specific social\ud factors in an informal settlement i.e. It is located in Region A of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality next to Ivory Park. RA’EESA PATHER explains. On the one hand, the continuation of Johannesburg’s up-market suburban core of northern suburbs into the neighbouring Ekurhuleni Municipality to the east means that no informal settlements established themselves on the City of Johannesburg’s eastern boundary. The area has a staggering … Ivory Park is characterised by a high level of unemployment, low household income and inadequate access to formal housing and basic services. A further large low income housing concentration just outside the City boundary is Olievenoutbosch, directly to the north. Ivory Park, surrounded by informal settlements, amazed the judges, who could not believe that Johannesburg had created a first-class park in the poorest of poor areas. Powered by AA Media and The Architects Collective of South Africa, Download PDF of this Paper | A4 | 2 Pages | 129 KB, Kya Sands Informal Settlement: Vulnerability and Resilience ›, WEBSITE BUILT & HOSTED BY THE ARCHITECT AFRICA NETWORK, The Architects Collective of South Africa. The analysis challenges political rhetoric, official data and the City’s intervention programs for informal settlements. The majority of these 135 settlements were formed pre-2000 and no new informal settlements formed after 2003. We need to do away with informal settlements in the city and ensure that our residents live in conditions that are habitable.” said Makhubo at … According to one of the community leaders of Ivory Park Ext. Informal settlements have formed an essential part of Johannesburg since its inception, to some extent shaping its development, to a large extent repeatedly displaced by formal development but re-emerging elsewhere. Ivory Park is built with events in mind - big open spaces for gatherings and screenings, amenities for corporate events. We are going to dedensify Ivory Park and are going to do away with what we call here in Ivory Park “Mzabalazo (Informal Settlement). Additional houses are being built at the cost of the City, provincial and national government. It has been a long and learning curve for me but coming from a poor background myself, I understand the challenges being faced by the people better,” … However, not everyone in Ivory Park qualifies for free or subsidised housing. On the other hand, in three large concentrations, City of Johannesburg’s low income housing areas, all with pockets of informal settlement, form part of a much larger agglomeration of such low income development. The aim of the Street Life in Ivory Park project is to explore the space of the street as a site for informal business and social interaction. And what a space this is! As a result, the number of informal settlements drops from 189 to 135. ... and servicing informal settlements) for Johannesburg's Ivory Park area. Other settlements have reported broken/poorly maintained toilets The following informal settlements have consistently expressed concern about broken or poorly maintained toilets: • Holomisa • Ivory Park 960KA • Tshepisong “To become a counsellor in an area that is underdeveloped in informal settlements like Ivory Park is not easy. Yet Ivory Park is the winner for its residents, who, in the years of apartheid, never experienced the joy of open green space. Ivory Park is a densely populated residential area in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Fires take lives, cause serious injuries, destroy property and have a long-term impact on livelihoods. We call, instead, for a more differentiated understanding of the situation, which, in our analysis, may pave the way for actual in situ upgrading. 0. A fire in an informal settlement can affect thousands of people. Recovery from fire is a long and difficult process, which can be exacerbated in informal settlements where a lack of insurance, financial instability, and insecure tenure are common. “Since 1993, we have been staying in informal settlements. Zitha says he has identified 52 informal settlements in Ivory Park alone, which has put a strain on service delivery. Low density and orderly layouts make these settlements more amiable to in-situ upgrading. In week one, the MSEECC could only support five households, which grew to covering over 40 households in Ivory Park and Vusimuzi informal settlement, in nearby Tembisa. The Vusimuzi informal settlement is vast, with about 8500 shacks wedged in between a cemetery, power lines and a stream that often overflows. The following is an extract from a draft chapter titled ‘Informal Settlements’ for a forthcoming book on spatial change in Johannesburg edited by Phil Harrison, Alison Todes, Graeme Gotz and Chris Wray. by the migration of job seekers and manifested in the many informal settlements in the area. In South Africa, there are many informal settlements experiencing worsening socio-economic living conditions, along with associated environmental and urban open space degradation. One thorny issue in Ivory Park, however, is in-migration, which has led to sprouting informal settlements. It comprises about 14 627 official stands, on which the City has built about 452 houses since the area was promulgated as a township some 13 years ago.