Informal settlement areas (often referred to as squatter settlements or
squatter camps) exist in all provinces of South Africa. These areas are
characterized by rapid and unplanned development. The result of these
is that property boundaries in most of these areas are not surveyed.
Since the plots do not have boundary beacons, the land parcel is not
properly defined and therefore, the property cannot be registered in the
user or owner's name. Consequently, ownership is not guaranteed.
Thus there are no legal documents to prove the relationship between
an individual and the property.
This paper discusses the problems in the land reform process that can
be attributed to the existence of informal settlements. The paper is
based on a research carried out to assess the effect of informal
settlements on the success of the land reform programme in South
Africa. A review of literature on the land reform programme and its
implementation plan was carried out. The research also included a
literature review on informal settlements in relation to property
ownership, cadastral surveying and land registration.
Three informal settlements in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South
Africa were identified for study. These included Cato Manor and Umlazi
section CC in Durban and Peace Valley 2 in Pietermaritzburg. / Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2005.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ukzn/oai:http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za:10413/3507 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Saane, B. J. |
| Contributors | Chilufya, Mwitwa. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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