Articles for Noah Schermbrucker

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Expanded Public Works Programme could play an important role in upgrading informal settlements

Workers recruited in informal settlements are well placed to manage the process

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Opinion | 19 June 2024

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Government needs to innovate if it hopes to address the housing crisis

NGOs could play a vital role as intermediaries

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Opinion | 30 August 2023

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There’s a way to sort out lighting in informal settlements

Solar powered public lights are better than high-mast lights, collaborative Cape Town project suggests

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Opinion | 23 June 2023

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Western Cape has tried a new approach to housing. It’s bearing fruit

The programme accepts that informal settlements are a major part of our cities

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Opinion | 13 January 2023

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Major shift in housing policy is an opportunity for civil society

We need a comprehensive approach to site and service schemes

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Opinion | 14 April 2022

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We won’t fix development until we fix our municipalities

Citizens have been reduced to passive beneficiaries of state assistance which often never arrives

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Opinion | 30 July 2020

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Small towns are missing the chance to change apartheid’s geography

With political will, it can be done

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Opinion | 8 November 2019

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Hundreds of thousands of homeowners do not have title deeds

Here are the consequences of this, and what we need to do about it

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Analysis | 6 June 2017

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Building rules and regulations work against Cape Town’s poor

We must challenge planning and land use management if we want a more equal city

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Opinion | 1 February 2017