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International Women’s Day 2022
International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality. The theme for International Women’s Day 2022 is ‘Gender Equality...
Demystifying Town Planning Terminology: Zoning
Small Town Regeneration: What informs decisions about the future?
The vision of the Small Town Regeneration Strategy speaks to the creation of “transformed, safe, socially and regionally integrated and economically viable and inclusive towns that allow people and place to realise their full potential through active citizenry for...
Secrets of successful small towns
How is it that some small towns thrive while others suffer from disinvestment? Every successful small town has its own set of strengths and weaknesses, but they all have a few things in common. Here are some of those characteristics that successful small towns have in...
People-centred development
Zooming in on the importance of creating with communities and not only for them A people-centred development seeks to return control over resources to people and their communities to be used in meeting their own needs. In this particular situation, a people-centred...
Places need people
The quote “If not now, then when? If not me, then who? -Mike Ebeling, could not be more appropriate in the context on the newly launching Small Town Regeneration Strategy. Whilst South Africa is flouted as having some of the most robust/comprehensive legislation in...
First focus on what is strong and not what is wrong
How often do you struggle to talk to others around you about the things you are good at? We pause and reflect and quite happily share our deficits, the things that are wrong with us, which we need to work on. At our very core, we each have our own set of strengths, a...
Welcome to the Community Engagement Dance
Photo by Real Jansen on Unsplash Abstract: The South African Constitution and Local Government Legislation provide ample opportunities for communities to actively participate in and even provide municipal services under a formal agreement. Community engagement in...