This article was motivated by a claim in literature that migrants are ruralising Third World cities. It
investigates the impacts of migration - the fact that all residents are from somewhere else - on the
form and function of an informal settlement, using an illegal shantytown in Mamelodi, Tshwane, as a
case study, by exploring the relationships between (1) the demographic profiles of migrant households,
including their origins and expectations, (2) the form of a squatter settlement, and (3) how it actually
functions as a setting for social and economic activities. Illegal settlement making is finally tentatively
explained with a theory developed from the ruralisation hypothesis.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1000814 |
| Date | 04 April 2008 |
| Creators | Steyn, G |
| Publisher | South African Journal of Art History |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Rights | South African Journal of Art History |
| Relation | SA Journalist |
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