Abstract:
Rapid urbanisation has tumbled over the past decades and has led to settlement in
the urban sphere being regarded as illegal. The article contributes to the on-going
debate on which should override the other, the legalisation of illegal settlements or
the quest for urban sanitisation. The article understands sanitisation to mean
development, especially that of attaining an upper middle-income economy.
Different governments have undertaken different ways of solving urban settlement
challenges. They have hinted that such settlements should comply with the law. The
study focuses on how the government has responded in times of urban illegal
settlement. The purpose of the research is to contribute to the stock of knowledge
on how illegal settlements have increased over the past years and the solutions
needed to address the issue thereafter. The article draws inferences also from the
position of the law regarding illegal settlements.
Description:
The journal is a forum for the discussion of ideas, scholarly opinions and case studies
on law and policy, statutes, constitutions, general rules of the game (institutional
mechanisms) and policy pronouncements or declared positions that are put to
scrutiny, weighed, interpreted and evaluated. In all these matters, the intention and
context usually define the outcomes and impact. The journal is produced bi
annually.
