DAG joins the rest of South Africa in celebrating #HeritageDay. Today we celebrate #SouthAfrica's extraordinary natural heritage and we salute all the leaders that persevered and shaped this city and country through their actions.

Heritage comes in various forms such as land, places, spaces and the stories associated with them. The land is a fundamental component of our heritage. It is our past and our present and most importantly, it is our future.

In South Africa, the land issue and the lack of access to basic services have been emotional issues since time immemorial, especially to the disadvantaged communities, who have no access and can not enjoy their national heritage. It's now twenty- four years into democracy but the struggle for housing and land rights continues.

As an organisation that has been working with communities and organisations that seek to address the spacial imbalances, DAG believes that the key lies in our heritage, identity, social relationships and in realising the power of civic agency.

On this remarkable day, we reflect back on several DAG publications especially one dating back to 1993, entitled ‘Well located affordable housing: a feasible alternative?
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We have just reached over 500 Likes on our Facebook page! Thank you so much for all your support. Your support is a daily motivation for us to continue advocating and providing assistance to #communities grappling with issues related to access to #land, infrastructure, #housing and basic community services.

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Today, our Community Development Hub Programme team launched our latest publication entitled: "Can social housing Save Woodstock and SaltRiver? A Community Centred Approach to Neighbourhood Regeneration."

The publication was produced by DAG in an attempt to raise #awareness and contribute ideas to the growing public interest on the #socialhousing issue. It also explores and highlights key features of DAG’s in-depth collaborative work on re-imagining the #Woodstock and #SaltRiver urban regeneration through a #community based approach.

DAG has over the past four years, initiated an eye opening programme that focuses on changing neighbourhoods, particularly in the inner city that have been experiencing pressures from regeneration and redevelopment initiatives.

Click on the following link to read our latest publication...http://www.dag.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Re-imagining-Woodstock-and-Salt-River.pdf ... See more

"As part of our work with local civics, DAG hosted a series of civic conversations to review the nature and form of developments taking place in their neighbourhoods. The review highlighted struggles of civic organisations in influencing #development applications, processes and policies through the traditional public #participation mechanisms..." Go to page 15 of the Good Governance Learning Network​ newsletter to read more on Cape Town Civic Organisations - In Search Of Meaningful Participation by DAG's Ryan Fester https://bit.ly/2NoVXis ... See more