by Paul Hendler | 26 Apr 2025 | Finance, Grassroots struggle, Housing, Land processes, Operational development, Political economy, Urban processes
Preface Housing and prosperity constantly occupies the minds of the majority of South Africans. On 20 June 2024 INSITE hosted a panel discussion assessing the pros and cons of the draft Human Settlements White Paper. The National Department of Human Settlements...
by Paul Hendler | 14 Sep 2019 | Finance, Housing, Land processes, Political economy
Executive Summary A group of 14 people gathered at a home in Kalk Bay during 2017 to discuss the meaning of ‘neo-liberalism’. Neo-liberalism – urbanisation housing. There is already an introductory trailer to this. We are all involved in concern for...
by Paul Hendler | 13 Sep 2019 | Finance, Housing, Land processes, Political economy
Trailer – Introduction Video Here is a trailer for a longer video. This records the introduction to a discussion that I facilitated. The discussion was about Neo-liberalism. And its impact on South Africa’s Urban and Housing strategies since 1994....
by Paul Hendler | 25 Jun 2017 | Finance, Grassroots struggle, Housing, Land processes, Political economy, Urban processes
Recently Helen Zille caused a storm. This was because she tweeted that colonialism wasn’t all that bad. In doing this she implied that it brought development to the backward parts. For this the ANC attacked her. Also her party, the DA, is having a disciplinary...
by Paul Hendler | 24 Nov 2016 | Grassroots struggle, Housing, Insights, Land processes, Urban processes
Can professional analysts be partisan but objective in their study of urban conflicts? This is an important question. Should technicians of practical knowledge respond to the ethical and political issues in urban development? Are built environment professionals simply...
by Paul Hendler | 22 Nov 2016 | Land processes, Urban processes
Business process review can help with coherent planning. This can improve management of planning and implementing the delivery of housing and amenities. We have 10 years experience in this area. We map the AS-IS processes. We do a Gap Analysis. We plan a TO-BE...
