Informal backyard rentals through a social sustainability lens – a case study in Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Abstract
Social sustainability is a significant field of research in post-apartheid South Africa,
given the challenges and inequalities faced, evidenced in urban landscapes where
millions reside in informal settlements and informal backyard rental accommodation.
This article investigates the informal backyard rental phenomenon in South Africa
through a social sustainability lens, focusing on a case study in Bridgton and
Bongolethu, Oudtshoorn. Qualitative and quantitative research findings unveil
several features in support of social sustainability framed by familial connections
between landlords and backyard tenants. The article also uncovers certain challenges
presented by informal backyard rentals and social sustainability, predominantly
related to the quality of structures and certain social concerns. In its totality, the
article provides a contextualised perspective on social sustainability in the informal
backyard rental sector and provides the planning community and other decision
makers with a more nuanced understanding of the complexities and potentials that
may underpin it in small town South Africa and beyond Sosiale volhoubaarheid is ʼn beduidende navorsingsveld in post-apartheid
Suid-Afrika gegewe die uitdagings en ongelykhede wat veral in stedelike gebiede
in die gesig gestaar word waar miljoene in informele nedersettings en informele
agterplaasverhurings gehuisves word. Hierdie artikel ondersoek die informele
agterplaasverhurings verskynsel in Suid-Afrika deur ʼn sosiale volhoubaarheidslens
gefokus op ʼn gevallestudie in Bridgton en Bongolethu, Oudtshoorn. Kwalitatiewe en
kwantitatiewe navorsingsbevindinge dui op verskeie eienskappe ter ondersteuning van
sosiale volhoubaarheid, gerugsteun deur familiële verbintenisse tussen verhuurders
en hul agterplaashuurders. Die artikel onthul ook sekere uitdagings tot sosiale
volhoubaarheid wat deur agterplaasverhuring teweeg gebring word, hoofsaaklik
toegeskryf aan die kwaliteit van strukture en ander sosiale kwelpunte. In die geheel,
verskaf die artikel ʼn gekontekstualiseerde blik op sosiale volhoubaarheid en die
informele agterplaasverhuringsektor en bied aan owerhede en ander besluitnemers
ʼn meer genuanseerde begrip van die kompleksiteit en potensiaal wat die sektor in
kleiner dorpe en die res van Suid-Afrika inhou Polokeho ya setjhaba ke lekala le
bohlokwa la diphuputso dinakong tse
ka mora kgethollo ya merabe Afrika
Borwa, ka lebaka la diphepetso le
ho se lekalekane ho bileng teng; ho
banahetseng meralong ya ditoropo,
moo teng dimilione tsa batho di dulang
dibakeng tse seng molaong le ho hira
bodulo bo seng molang ka morao
dijareteng tsa batho. Atikele ena e
fuputsa tabahadi ena ya khiro e seng
molaong ya ka moraong dijareteng
Afrika Borwa, ka ho sheba polokeho ya
setjhaba; e tsepamisitse maikutlo hodima
thutong ya mehlala ka hare ho Bridgton
le Bongolethu, Oudtshoorn. Diphumano
tsa diphuputso tsa boleng le tsa lebadi
(Qualitative and quantitative research)
di hlahisa dibopeho tse mmalwa bakeng
sa tshehetso ya polokeho ya setjhaba,
di sirelleditswe ke dikamano dipakeng
tsa monga sebaka le bahiri ba dulang
ka morao jareteng. Atikele ena hape e
utolla diphepetso tse itseng tse tliswang
ke khiro e seng molaong ya ka morao
dijareteng le polokeho ya setjhaba,
haholoholo e amanang le boleng ba
sebopheho le dingongoreho tse itseng
tsa setjhaba. Ka kakaretso, atikele
e fana ka mohopolo o boemong ba
bolokeho ya setjhaba khirong e seng
molaong ya ka morao dijareteng, mme
e fa setjhaba se ralang meralo le batho
ba bang ba etsang diqeto; kutlwisiso e
fapaneng hannyane ya diphetoho le
dikgonahalo tse ka hlahang ditoropong
tse nnyane tsa Afrika Borwa le ho feta
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http://hdl.handle.net/10394/34232http://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/trp/article/view/3847/3524
http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/2415-0495/trp74i1.6