Assessment of the impact of the Mdantsane Urban Renewal Programme on the lives and livelihoods of beneficiaries (2001-2011): the case of the Eastern Cape Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality

• Main Author: Mhlekude, Ntombizabantu
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: University of Fort Hare 2013
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1014676

This study is centred on the Mdantsane Urban Renewal Programme (MURP) and how it has been implemented in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) since inception. The inquiry covers the ten years (20012011) during which the Urban Renewal Programme (URP) was piloted in South Africa. This research evaluates the impact of the MURP on the lives and the livelihoods of beneficiaries (Mdantsane residents). Their perceptions and experiences are thus fundamental to determine the extent to which their lives have been affected through the implementation of the MURP. The areas explored through this research are social, economic, physical and community wellbeing of the Mdantsane residents. The study reviews the opinions and views of the various stakeholders and beneficiaries affected by the MURP and based on these, draws some conclusions and provides recommendations on what could possibly be done by the gBCMM in its implementation of the MURP.