South Africa Blog

MAUD Week 1 - Statement of Intent

NOTE: Whilst I have never blogged before, and am still finding my voice and style, I’ve decided to just write about things that interest...

EDP – Partnering solutions for doing development differently Issues experienced by urban poor are often part of a larger structural...

Mirjam van donk – Islandla Institute Informal settlement upgrading in Africa: An introduction In 2016, 13 % of households lived in...

Today is a full day seminar, with a wealth of speakers talking about policy and planning with regards to addressing informality and Cape...

I ran down to the hostel lounge after gathering all the participants. We were about to go to the Jubilee Centre for the start of our...

Due to attempting to not wake up my room mates I had to cut my last post short. Jack and I went to Mimi’s coffee shop after our run in...

Day 2 I apologise for how short and rushed this post may be. I find myself in a 6 bed dorm, with women of all ages tired after a long day...

Today was a pretty nice stroke of luck. The Wi-Fi connection was very much non-existent and my guidebook fairly dire, therefore I was...

On the 27th of May I attended a two day seminar in London run by Architecture Sans Frontieres, titled ‘Challenging Practice’. The...