In Search of Land and Housing in the New South Africa

A Video Case Study

The Ethembalethu story reads like a fairytale. A decade ago, members of this community, composed largely of laid-off farm workers, wanted to buy their own farm in a per-urban area west of Johannesburg. the name of the village would be Ethembalethu meaning "Our Hope".

Their ten year struggle to reach this goal is a clear indication that the freedoms of democracy don't yet naturally translate into tangible rights in the matters of land and housing. Indeed if this case is anything to go by it is clear that many more battles like Ethembalethu would need to be fought before the war for land and housing is won in South Africa.


http://go.worldbank.org/37U8OWO1P0

Download the case study:
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTSOUTHAFRICA/Resources/Ethembalethu_Fina...
This video study is based on a written case study of the same title in the World Bank Working Paper No. 130 published by World Bank, Washington, D.C. USA.

Sponsored by the World Bank
Produced by Black Earth Communications
June 2009

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• south
• africa
• world
• bank
• ethembalethu
• farming
• land
• housing

[NikoBelic4]

@bp12485 me too

[bp12485]

i cant believe i had to watch this shit for class

[khokhoba]

How long will Blacks in SA suffer, for the rest of their lives? Patience wwill one day run out.