Photo: Thabang Nkwanyana © iceeimage
Who owns the road?
Session 14
Author: Isolde De Villiers (University of the Western Cape)
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Session 14: Who Owns the African City?
Thursday October 24, 15:30–17:00, First Floor Seminar Room, John Moffat Building
Who owns the road?
Abstract
Due to the continuation of historical unequal power relations, there are contesting ownerships in South African cities. The R702, a provincial road in Mangaung, illustrates and contests these hierarchical relations of ownership and the role of law in producing and transforming them.
