Other experiences of planning for reconstruction and transformation: A narrative of planning and development histories in Hammanskraal-Temba

Hammanskraal-Temba is one of the areas in South Africa that experiences a multitude of problems, ranging from an informal settlement lacking services, a struggling local economy, unemployment and housing shortages, to land claims and border disputes. However, a study of the historical development of the area and the impact of development initiatives such as planning policies and legislation on the area indicated the wide range of experiences and interpretations of the role of planners and planning. In an attempt to highlight these interpretations and the various [hi]stories, an alternative approach towards local historic analysis is used and is illustrated by some extracts from the Hammanskraal-Temba case study. The article aims in particular to illustrate some other experiences of planning for reconstruction and transformation and their implications for planning and planners. The article is based on a paper delivered at the Planning History Study Group: Millennium Conference in May 2000, at the Howard College at the University of Natal in Durban. The conference focused on the role of planning and planners in reconstruction

A brief history of intergovernmental development planning in postapartheid South Africa

The article provides an overview of the post-apartheid experience of initiatives by the South African government at ensuring greater intergovernmental harmonisation, coordination, integration and alignment in the period 1994 to 2007. Written in narrative format, the article weaves its way between legal and policy frameworks, technical and assessment reports and academic publications on the subject. As such it highlights not only the intentions of government as captured in Acts and Policies, but also provides an indication of what was achieved during this time, and what was done to rectify the gaps. The narrative is followed by a brief discussion of main trends identified in this endeavour. The article is concluded on a positive note, with a suggestion that the tide might be turning for what has thus far been an elusive ideal.

From the guest editors

When the Scientific Research Council Bill was introduced in Parliament back in April 1945 the Council that was to be created from Act 33 of 1945 with the same name was presented as an institution with a very broad agenda. Not only would it conduct, coordinate and popularise research into the use and beneficiation of the country’s resources in service of the nation, butalso train young researchers, assist in elevating South Africa onto the world stage through highlevel research, provide government with credible information and, in doing all of these activities, contribute to the promotion of “peace and happiness” (sic) throughout the world

Nestling national ‘transformation’ imperatives in local ‘servicing’ space: Critical reflections on an intergovernmental planning and implementation project

In this article, it is argued that South Africa’s post-1994 dream is marked by a tension between servicing and transformation – mutually supporting, but potentially also divergent set of intentions, processes and outcomes. Towards the end of 2006 the national Presidency in South Africa embarked on an ambitious project of using the spatial logic and principles of the National Spatial Development Perspective (NSDP) to structure a process of high-level intergovernmental and civil society dialogue, strategising, plan-preparation, resourceallocation and implementation in all District Municipalities in the country over a three-year period. This project, in which both authors were intensively involved, is used to illustrate this tension and need for convergence and balance  between servicing and transformation. The project context and key planning and governance challenges are described, the project outcomes highlighted, possible explanations for the findings probed, and the lessons learnt, documented.&nbsp

'Diphetoho' tse tlamang tsa bodulo ba setjhaba ka hara sebaka sa 'tshebeletso' ya lehae. totobatso ya moralo wa mebuso e mmedi le tshebetso ya tshebediso

In this article, it is argued that South Africa's post-1994 dream is marked by a tension between servicing and transformation - mutually supporting, but potentially also divergent set of intentions, processes and outcomes. Towards the end of 2006 the national Presidency in South Africa embarked on an ambitious project of using the spatial logic and principles of the National Spatial Development Perspective (NSDP) to structure a process of high-level intergovernmental and civil society dialogue, strategising, plan-preparation, resource-allocation and implementation in all District Municipalities in the country over a three-year period. This project, in which both authors were intensively involved, is used to illustrate this tension and need for convergence and balance between servicing and transformation. The project context and key planning and governance challenges are described, the project outcomes highlighted, possible explanations for the findings probed, and the lessons learnt, documented.Dit word in hierdie artikel geargumenteer dat Suid-Afrika se na-1994 droom gekenmerk word deur 'n spanning tussen dienslewering en transformasie - twee konsepte, elk met hul eiesoortige prosesse, intensies en uitkomste, wat eweneens ondersteunend of skeidend kan wees. Teen die einde van 2006, het die Suid-Afrikaanse Presidensie 'n ambisieuse drie-jaar projek onderneem in al die Distriksmunisipaliteite in die land met die doel om die ruimtelike logika en beginsels van die National Spatial Development Perspective (NSDP) te gebruik om 'n proses van hoë-vlak strategiese owerheidsbeplanning en dialoog met 'n wye verskeidenheid van rolspelers, die strategiese allokering van fondse, en die implementering van voorstelle te rig. Hierdie projek, waarin beide outeurs intensief betrokke was, word gebruik om die gemelde spanning en behoefte aan konvergensie en balans tussen dienslewering en transformasie te illustreer. Dit word gedoen deur die projekkonteks en sleutelbeplannings- en regeringsuitdagings te bespreek, projekuitkomste te belig, moontlike verklarings vir die bevindinge te ondersoek en lesse wat geleer is, te lys.Ditabeng tsena, ho bolelwa hore toro Afrika Borwa ya ka mora selemo sa 1994 ke tshwauwa ka tsitsipano pakeng tsa ho fana ka ditshebeletso le diphetoho tse tshehetswang mmoho, empa hape ho hlahela maikemisetso a fapaneng, ditshebetso esitana le diphetho. Ho ya mafelong a selemo sa 2006 Kantoro ya Mookamedi wa Naha (Presidency) naheng ya Afrika Borwa e ile ya kena tshebetsong ya ho sebedisa sebaka se nepahetseng le dintlha tsa nnete tsa Tjhebelopele ya Ntshetsopele ya Sebaka sa Setjhaba ho bopa tshebetso ya kopanelo le mmuso ya boemo bo phahameng le puisano le setjhaba, ho bopeng leano, ho rala boitokisetso, kabo ya disebediswa le ho kenya tshebetso diterekeng tsohle tsa boMasepala ka hara naha nakong ya dilemo tse tharo. Tshebetso ena, eo ho yona bangodi bobedi ba bona ba neng ba ikakgetse ka setotswana ho yona, e sebediswa e le yona taba ho bontsha tsitsipano ena le tlhoko ya ho kopana le ho lekana pakeng tsa ho fana ka ditshebeletso le diphetoho. E etswa ka ho hlalosa mofuta wa tshebetso le diphepetso tsa ho arala le ho busa tswa bohlokwa., ka ho hlakisa diphetho tsa tshebetso, le ho hlahloba ditlhaloso le dithuto tseo ho ithutilweng tsona.http://kea.uovs.ac.za/faculties/content.php?id=4525&FCode=04&DCode=11

An Overview of South Africa's Metropolitan Areas - Dualistic, Dynamic and under Threat…

The article explores the threats posed to metropolitan viability and resilience in South Africa which is faced by continued spatial and economic concentration and duality - a trend also evident in a number of Central European countries. Examples are provided of trends and challenges impacting the resilience of South Africa's metropolitan regions, as identified in recent empirical studies conducted by the authors.1 The paper argues that the agglomeration challenges facing South Africa's metropolitan regions and complications brought about by intra-metropolitan inequality are key aspects underlying the resilience of these regions. The article also suggests that there might be value in greater collaboration in research and knowledge-production and sharing in metropolitan planning, development and governance, between South African metropolitan regions and those in Central European countries

From the guest editors

Spatial change phenomena in SA – explorations and innovations We would like to dedicate this special edition to our beloved colleague and friend, Maria Joe Coetzee who passed away on 2 November 2014. The work depicted in this special edition is testimony of her visionary leadership, insightful contributions and dedication to planning practice, policy development and research and development in the fields of integrated development planning and intergovernmental collaboration. Maria’s ability to conceptualise, rationalise and then to realise new ideas and challenges was evident in the passionate way she supported innovations in planning systems, tools, technologies and policies. Her desire for making a difference in the planning field and her belief in the potential of people to achieve this was and is evident in the importance given to collaborative practices, capacity building, and knowledge transfers – providing a platform and opportunity to strengthen planning in South Africa

Assessment of spatial data infrastructures

A Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is an evolving concept, essentially consisting of policies, institutional arrangements, Geographical Information Systems (GISs), data bases, networks, Web services and portals to facilitate and coordinate the availability, exchange and sharing of geospatial data and services between stakeholders from different levels. This article aims to provide some information on the role and value of SDIs and their potential relationship with, and contribution to other geospatial and evidence-based tools and technologies within the South African planning context and system. For this, it provides a brief overview and comparison of the key characteristics of the SDIs in South Africa, China, Brazil, Australia and India. The article highlights some of the complexities and use of an SDI and the value of, and need for an SDI to support the spatial and land development planning envisaged in the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA)

Being, becoming and contributing in (and through) Planning

The thesis, Being, becoming and contributing in (and through) Planning, provides an overview and reflection on an innovative narrative-based enquiry into personal and professional work-life experiences of planning practitioners. It is aimed at exploring competency development in planning as a future orientated practice, where practitioners are challenged to contribute in complex and adaptive local and global contexts. The enquiry draws on the fields of planning practice, planning education, sustainability leadership, lifelong learning, as well as professional and career development. The quest metaphor was used to stretch the exploration beyond formal professional education and complicated competency development frameworks and models, towards archetypical patterns, probes and paradoxes in complex and highly relational inner and outer growth experiences. In reflecting on that which seem to enable and impel planning practitioners to contribute in their work-life contexts, the enquiry reveals (and once again reminds us of) the potential value and generative capacity in the nexus between personal and relational practice experience of transformative growth, practice excellence and commitment to the unfolding collective future.Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2018.Town and Regional PlanningPHDUnrestricte

Borders, boundaries and barriers : a narrative on Hammanskraal / Temba

Traditional historiographic research is challenged by the very nature of post-modernism which, in terms of one of its less radical viewpoints, views history not so much as truth-seeking, nor objective activity, but rather re-interpreting it as story-telling and as history reflective of itself -an approach which have determined the nature and style of this study. The study was prompted firstly by my exposure to the legacy of apartheid with regards to land and past planning policies while working at the Department of Land Affairs, and secondly by my personal involvement in Hammanskraai/Temba. The latter straddles the border of a former homeland, formed part of the previous governments' border industry programme, suffers tenure problems on land-ownership issues and is bisected by two present provincial boundaries. For a long time to come Hammanskraai/Temba will struggle to overcome results of modernistic grand apartheid policies as reflected in gross inequalities, uncertainty and the like. The aim of this study was therefore to form an understanding of the grand generalising and local narratives regarding borders, boundaries and barriers in the Hammanskraai/Temba area, as well as the influence of the discourses of development intent on the area and its people. In order to address the issues it was necessary to deconstruct the discourses in development intent that affected the Hammanskraai/Temba area, and to tell the respective role players' stories of the shaping of borders, boundaries and barriers in the area, as well as to play off the various discourses in grand, local and expressive narratives, as it is still unfolding. Instead of giving an 'all encompassing truth' or deliberately simplifying the 'story' in order to fit into a logical, chronological structure (arguing 'modernisticly', so that the reader cannot do otherwise than to agree with the argument), I rather opted towards telling some of the stories reflecting on various experiences regarding borders, boundaries and barriers in the area. There are stories of artificial boundaries, of racists and capitalists, of land and tenure, of division, separation, independence and later integration, of reserves and their underdevelopment, of people suffering and struggling, and of unviable towns and demarcations. In these stories the immense influence and effect of policies and development intent on peoples lives, as well as on the physical, social and economical environment, are illustrated. However, the stories illustrate that not only were complicated barriers created, but also how in some cases, they were perpetuated and enhanced. The value of this historical narrative, lies in the way it makes sense of events, actions and experiences, bringing forward stories that 'deserve to be told', thus opening up a new way of looking at planning and planning history. It illustrates the complexity and intriguing relationships and problems of an area influenced by a magnitude of modernistic planning policies and actions, casting a glimpse on the effect of borders, boundaries and barriers on the lives of those who have to live with it, cross it, or in the worst instances, struggle against it - somehow always with a glimmer of hope.Dissertation (MTRP)--University of Pretoria, 1997.gm2014Town and Regional Planningunrestricte