DAG Urban Land Dialogues Series Podcast
DAG is excited to announce the release of a podcast series that allows for easy access for everyone to hear conversations regarding community development in Cape Town. In this first episode, we [...]
1in5 people live in informality: DAG Reaction to the State of South African Cities Report
Earlier this month, the South African Cities Network (SACN) released their State of Cities Report (SOCR). A report that is published every 5 years by the SACN, to provide an overall picture of [...]
The State of Land Release in South Africa
Written by Querida Saal & Helen Rourke. In November 2020, the national Department of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation announced with great fanfare that the government will no longer [...]
PRESS RELEASE : Civil society organisations call for the release of under-utilised military land to combat Cape Town’s housing crisis
Today a group of civil society organisations and academics urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to immediately release three large, well-located and vacant (or under-used) military sites in Cape Town [...]
GroundUp Op-Ed: Covid-19 State should use Cape Town’s military airports for housing
•By Adi Kumar & Querida Saal Et al• Wingfield, Youngsfield and Ysterplaat could house more than 120,000 people In his address to the nation on 20 April, President Cyril Ramaphosa said: [...]