Abstract
D.Litt. et Phil.
This study focused on an evaluation of the Gauteng Provincial Government
Department of Housing’s (GPGDH’s) housing programmes from 2004 until 2010 to
serve as a yardstick for its impact to alleviate housing shortages for low-income
housing in South Africa. The thesis attempted to provide a methodological
assessment of whether the goals of the GPGDH’s Gauteng Housing Strategic Plan
2004-2009, in particular, have been achieved. The research strategy entailed a
qualitative research paradigm and an evaluation research methodology was followed
where a Logical Framework Analysis (LFA) was applied as the research measuring
instrument. The main research question addressed by this thesis was to determine
whether the implementation of the GPGDH’s housing programmes from 2004 until
2010 were conducive to the development and implementation of the national housing
policy framework in South Africa to alleviate housing shortages for low-income
housing in Gauteng.
The thesis provided an integrated focus on the context of the evaluation and
incorporated the vision, mission, goals, purpose, selected inputs, activities,
programmes, milestones, targets, assumptions, and outcomes in order to ensure
sustained compliance to the spirit and requirements of the Breaking New Ground
(BNG) national housing strategy within the context of the Housing Act 107 of 1997
and the Gauteng Housing Act 6 of 1998.In this regard the following
activities/programmes and projects of the GPGDH received attention: mixed housing
developments; inclusionary housing; formalisation and eradication of informal
settlements; transfer of ownership; alternative tenure; social housing; backyard
upgrading; the hostels eradication and redevelopment programme; urban renewal
programmes and the Twenty (20 PTP) priority township programme. This integrated
focus ensured that the policy products, processes and programmes were subjected
to systematic and integrative evaluation. The problem was also viewed from the level
of success of the GPGDH’s five year housing strategic plan.
The thesis reflected on the housing context and -trends globally, in developing
countries, in sub-Saharan Africa, and narrowed down the focus to trends in South
Africa and the Gauteng Province as variables influencing housing delivery in general.
It reviewed these variables in terms of rapid urbanisation, the population explosion,..