Transforming Khayelitsha: Space, Security, and Problems of Structural Reform in Cape Town, South Africa
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2019
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Bryn Mawr College. Department of Growth and Structure of Cities
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Over the two decades since the end of the Apartheid regime in 1994, Cape Town’s cityscape has scarcely changed; little has been done to transform urban space. Hence, the city still exhibits deeply rooted separation, crime and violence, and inequality. These on going problems, however, can be addressed through urban upgrading and development. In this paper, I discuss space, security, and problems in structural reform in Cape Town’s largest black township, Khayelitsha. Building on relevant ethnography, theory, and case studies, I argue that urban upgrading must be approached as a process of transformation, with limited relocation to bring the quality of life of residents to more equitable standards. I find urban upgrading can only be successful once the local reality of the space is understood (i.e. levels of crime and violence and informal networks). Going forward, urban planners can learn from past upgrading failures and put planning theory into practice to achieve successful implementations of development.