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Aim. Significant changes in development context of Cape Town:Globally (trade liberalisation, urbanisation of poverty)Nationally (dismantling of apartheid state; broadranging policy and legislative reforms)Locally (democratic local government, integrated development planning)What has net effect
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1. THE STATUS OF CAPE TOWN:1996-2004 DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW
2. Aim Significant changes in development context of Cape Town:
Globally (trade liberalisation, urbanisation of poverty)
Nationally (dismantling of apartheid state; broadranging policy and legislative reforms)
Locally (democratic local government, integrated development planning)
What has net effect of changes been?
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…all point to broadly similar conclusions
4. “It is now 10 years after the first democratic elections. In this time a great deal has been accomplished in the transformation of South African cities. However despite the significant progress, this State of the South African Cities report has also shown that many challenges remain. In many cases these challenges are the same as those left by apartheid. In some cases these have either intensified or taken on new forms.”
(SACN State of Cities Report 2004: 166)
7. Negative trends (1)
8. Negative Trends (2)
9. Negative trends (3)
10. Negative trends (4)
11. Negative trends (5) Significant shifts in public expenditure to poorer areas of Cape Town but private investment has largely remained focused on the established areas of the city
Very little private investment in poorer South-East of the city
This pattern is reinforcing spatial inequalities in the city
14. Positive indicators (1)
15. Positive indicators (2)
16. Positive Indicators (3) Sustained period of economic growth
Stabilisation of unemployment levels and latest estimates for Cape Town indicate slight drop
Some private investment in poorer areas
Khayelitsha CBD
Vangate development
18. Constraints
19. Constraints
20. Constraints
21. Constraints
23. Conclusion despite significant investments in housing and infrastructure and broad ranging policy reforms, many of the social indicators for Cape Town have in general remained poor or have deteriorated
more recent positive indicators of change
fundamental changes to the development path of Cape Town are constrained by a number of trends which are reinforcing social and spatial segregation and inequalities