The scourge of post-apartheid housing in Umlazi.

Abstract

Umlazi is part of the townships that form the new city demarcation of eThekwini Municipality (“eThekwini ”) as they were redrawn after 2000 local government elections and implemented in terms of the Municipal Structures Act, when Durban Municipality started to unify different six local councils that were previously divided under apartheid state into as administrative entities. A transformation of the administrative component of eThekwini Unicity was initiated in 2002, with a specific focus on improving service delivery, and driving economic growth and employment within the region (Joffe, 2006). eThekwini is surrounded by the iLembe to the north, the Indian ocean to the east, Ugu to south and UMgungundlovu to the west. Its population is estimated at over 2.5 million.