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4-6 JULY 2016Sandton Convention CentreJohannesburg, South Africa

Making Sense of the Future

PlanningAfrica 2016

Disruption and Reinvention

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

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Planning africa 2016

SAPI PresidentSAPI is proud to host the 7th Planning Africa Conference, our flagship activity to facilitate knowledge exchange, share ideas and showcase practice across the African planning fraternity.

As SAPI celebrates 20 years of existence as a non-profit voluntary professional organization, this conference provides an opportunity to reflect on our journey as an organised professional movement contributing to urban development over the last two decades. Many leaders and members of SAPI have volunteered their time,

energy and effort and many more will follow in an attempt to keep this fraternity alive, active and relevant.

“The world is on a bumpy journey to a new destination and the New Normal.”When Egyptian businessman Mohamed El-Erian said this, none of us could have imagined the scope of disruption, discontinuity, contradiction and complexity that would characterize development in the world today.

From “everything must fall” #hashtag revolutions to the geopolitical shifts which will come from Brexit, Brazil’s presidential impeachment and the collapse of developing economies to junk status to technological disruption and the protectionist backlash from those left in the abyss of lack of competitiveness and lack of access. There are no holy cows left for policy-makers, practitioners, decision-makers and leaders.We have seen it happen in the economy, in the political environment and even in the labour force where new responses emerge to robustly challenge what exists that no longer meets demand.Does planning meet demand? We need to consider the disruptive innovations that our profession can bring to the fore to improve urban life and the experience of our people in unexpected ways that drive sustainable urban change in transformational, evolutionary and/or revolutionary ways. In the event that we do not, we should look forward to our own extinction i.e. are we metered taxi drivers or Uber drivers of change?

Welcome to Planning Africa 2016. I invite you to the next few days of deliberations in which we all will have the opportunity to examine, how, as a profession we engage innovatively with the New Normal and what it means for the present and future of urban development.

Nthato MinyukuSAPI President


Planning Africa 2016 Bid Winner

Gauteng Government represented by the office of the Premier in Gauteng won the bid to host Planning Africa 2016, with the full support of City of Johannesburg, City of Tshwane and Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, as well as the Sedibeng and West Rand District Municipalities.

The Gauteng Province is a hierarchy of urban settlements, secondary townships, metropolitan areas and is unique in many respects. SAPI selected the Gauteng City Region for Planning Africa to highlight and focus on the ground breaking spatial initiatives that have emerged in the province.

These efforts are creating transformation, modernisation and re-industrialisation and have disrupted the normal practice in the course of reinventing the future.



Honourable David MakhuraPremier of Gauteng

Malemolla David Makhura was born on 22 February 1968 at Mara Buysdorp in Soutpansberg District of Limpopo province, near Mapungubwe World Heritage Site.

Makhura held various leadership positions as a student, including the President of the SRC at Turfloop University(1990, 1992), National President of the South African Student Congress (1994-1996); ANC Youth League National Executive Committee member (1998-2004). From 1997 to 2001, he was the National Education Secretary and subsequently the Deputy General Secretary of the National Education Health & Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU). Makhura

served as the ANC Gauteng Provincial Secretary from 2001 and 2014.

Overseeing policy implementation and governance was one of Makhura’s responsibilities as the ANC provincial secretary. This includes overseeing ANC Caucuses in the provincial legislature and municipalities. Makhura played an important role in the introduction of a performance monitoring and evaluation system in the ANC Gauteng province and overseeing the performance of provincial and local government in the province, working closely with all the ANC mayors and three successive ANC premiers over a decade.Premier Makhura has been part of several delegations of the ANC and NEHAWU that visited sister parties and trade unions in the African continent, China, Cuba, Latin America and Europe to exchange experiences on party-building, socio-economic development and governance.

Premier holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Public Policy and Management from the University of London and is studying towards a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Future Studies at the University of Stellenbosch.

Premier Makhura is a trustee of the Board of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation. He is married to his wife, Mpho and they have three children.

David Makhura was elected Premier of Gauteng, South Africa’s most populous province and economic hub of the country, on 21st May 2014


Honourable Paul Mashatile MEC, Cooperative Governance, Traditional Affairs and Human Settlements Gauteng Province

Mr Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile is the Member of the Executive Council of Gauteng Province responsible for Cooperative Governance, Traditional Affairs and Human Settlements.

In 1996, he was appointed as Gauteng’s MEC for Transport and Public Works. He went on to hold numerous posts in the Gauteng Provincial Government, handling the portfolios of Safety (1998-1999), Housing (1999-2004) and Finance and Economic Affairs (2004-2008).

In 1998 he became Deputy Chairperson of the ANC in Gauteng and in 2007 was elected Chairperson of the Province, a position he still holds today. After the resignation of the Premier of Gauteng Mbhazima Shilowa in 2008, Mashatile took over as Premier of the province. In 2009 he was appointed the Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture by President Jacob Zuma after serving 17 months as Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture and served in the Cabinet until 2014.

He was then appointed as Chairperson of Appropriations Committee in Parliament from 2014, subsequent to the General Elections. He served in this capacity until he was appointed the Gauteng MEC for Cooperative Governance, Traditional Affairs and Human Settlements in early February 2016



Cllr Parks TauExecutive Mayor, City of Johannesburg

Mayor Tau is the second democratically elected Executive Mayor of Johannesburg – a metropolitan with the highest population of about 4.8 million in the Republic of South Africa.

He is also the current Regional Chairperson of the African National Congress’ Joburg Region. Mayor Tau has served as a City of Johannesburg Member of the Mayoral Committee since the year 2000 - when he began driving a spatial and socio-economic transformation agenda in the City.

During this time, Mayor Tau has headed the portfolios of Development Planning, Transport & Environment, as well as that of Finance & Economic Development, respectively. This was until he was elected the Executive Mayor in 2011.

Mayor Tau, who is a University of London alumni with a Masters in Public Policy and Management, has since his election led the City into strategic partnerships to advance his spatial and socio-economic transformation agenda. As a result, today Johannesburg is a leader in developmental governance and on par with global cities.

This has further resulted in Mayor Tau being elected to various leadership roles in prominent local and international bodies. These include being the Chairperson of the South African Local Government Association in Gauteng, Chairperson of the South African Cities Network and deputy Chairperson of the United Nations Special Advisory Committee on Safer Cities.

Furthermore, Mayor Tau is a member of the C40 Climate Change Network Steering Committee and Co-President of the Metropolis network, which looks to build resilient and sustainable cities amidst the pressures of urbanization and climate change.

This is in line with the City’s vision, which is captured in the Johannesburg Growth and Development Strategy 2040, to build a resilient and sustainable world class African city.


Cllr Kgosientso RamokgopaExecutive Mayor of Tshwane

Cllr Kgosientso Ramokgopa is the Executive Mayor of Tshwane and Chairperson of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Tshwane Region. He also served as Tshwane’s Ward 51 Councillor between 2000 and 2005.

He served in the leadership of the South African Students Congress (SASCO) and the ANC Youth League at the University of Durban-Westville. His qualifications include BSc Civil Engineering from the University of Durban-Westville, Master of Public Administration

from the University of Pretoria, Master of Business Leadership from the University of South Africa, and a Certificate in Executive Leadership from the University of Stellenbosch. He is currently writing his PhD thesis on local government finance at the University of Pretoria.

He has extensive experience in corporate governance and served as the CEO of the Metropolitan Trading Company (MTC), an entity of the City of Johannesburg, and of the Johannesburg Market which is the largest fresh produce market in the world by volume.



Cllr Mondli Gungubele Executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni

Cllr Mondli Gungubele has extensive experience in the public sector and is a product of the trade union movement. Gungubele became actively involved in worker struggles in 1973. In 1982, he became a member of the National Union of Mine Workers (NUM). It was during this time that he sharpened his political and negotiation skills – laying the foundation for a long political career.

In 1989, he was elected to the position of chairperson of COSATU Local. In 1992, Gungubele took up the position of Chairperson of the ANC Vosloorus branch, and later became the founding Chairperson of the ANC East Rand (Ekurhuleni) Region. In the same year, he was elected to the Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) of the ANC

Gauteng – a position he has kept to date, making him one of the longest serving provincial ANC leaders.

Cllr Gungubele became a member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature after the 1994 democratic breakthrough until 1997. In 1997, he took up the challenging and exciting task of Health MEC in the Gauteng Provincial Government, a position he held until 1999. Cllr Gungubele played a pivotal role in the transformation of the health sector in Gauteng. In 1999, he was deployed to lead Gauteng’s Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture agenda. Cllr Gungubele worked tirelessly to unite all sporting codes and contributed immensely to the development of grassroots sports in Gauteng. He held the position of Sports MEC until 2004 – the same year – FIFA awarded South Africa the hosting rights of the 2010 World Cup Soccer showpiece.

After the 2004 national and provincial elections, Cllr Gungubele became the Chairperson of the Economic Affairs Portfolio Committee in the Gauteng Legislature. He served in this portfolio until 2007, where he was responsible for political oversight and ensuring the Department of Economic Affairs fulfils its mandate.

In 2009, Cllr Gungubele was deployed to Parliament as an ANC MP. He served as the Whip of the Justice and Constitutional Development Portfolio Committee until his deployment as Executive Mayor of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in October 2010. After the 2011 local government elections, Cllr Gungubele was re-elected the Executive Mayor of the City of Ekurhuleni a position he still holds to date.

Cllr Gungubele has a B Com (Law) Degree and also holds a National Diploma in Nursing. He has various certificate courses and always seizes any opportunity to empower himself with knowledge.


Cllr Roslynn Joan Greeff

Cllr Roslynn Joan Greeff was born in 1965. In the 1980’s she joined the End Conscription Campaign which encouraged defiance against serving in the army which propped up the apartheid government. In 1990, she undertook internship studies in local government at the London Borough of Camden in the UK.

In 1994 she joined the ANC and soon thereafter she became a founding member of the Roodepoort ANC branch and was elected secretary of the sub-substructure which operated in Roodepoort and the nearby Dobsonville. In 1999 she served on the Roodepoort Pro-Musica Theatre Board. Cllr Greeff was elected Executive Member

of the Western Metropolitan Local Council (WMLC). She was the only women at this executive level until 2000.

She chaired the Housing Portfolio and later Human Resource Development and Corporate Services. In 1999, she was assigned to the Committee 15 and was appointed Deputy Chairperson of the Development Planning, Transport and Environment Committee in Johannesburg Metro Council and in 2002 the Chairperson of the Cosmo City Project. She was also elected Secretary of ANC Zone 5 structures. Cllr Greeff studied Human Resources Management and Development at Technikon SA; Communication at the Rand Afrikaans University and Local Government at Pretoria University. In 2005 she was appointed MMC for Infrastructure and Services Department, which she served until 2009. In 2009, she was redeployed as MMC to Development Planning and Urban Management Department and to date continues to serve in that department.



Keynote Speakers

Honorable Jeff Radebe Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Performance, Monitoring, Evaluation and Administration

Minister Jeff Radebe currently holds the position of Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Administration in the Government of the Republic of South Africa. He is also the Chairperson of the National Planning Commission.

Amongst others, he heads the Policy Unit of the African National Congress and is a member of both its National Executive Committee as well as its National Working Committee. He is a member of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP).

Previously he has been Minister of Public Works (1994 -1999), later Minister of Public Enterprises (1999 – 2004), then Minister of Transport (2004 – 2009) and most recently Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development (2009 – 2014), Acting Minister of Health (2006-2007).He is the longest serving Cabinet Minister, having served as Minister since 1994 under Presidents Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema Motlanthe and currently under the incumbent President Jacob Zuma.

Minister Radebe holds a B.Juris degree from the University of Zululand obtained in 1976; LLM in International Law from Leipzig University obtained in 1981 and studied at the Lenin International School, Moscow in 1985.


Honorable Lindiwe Sisulu Minister of Human Settlements

Ms Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu is the Minister of Human Settlements.

Prior to her appointment to this portfolio she was the Minister of

Public Service and Administration.

She has been a Member of Parliament since 1994; a Chairperson

of the Inaugural African Ministerial Conference on Housing and

Urban Development in 2005; a member of the National Executive

Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress and its National Working Committee (NWC) and the

Trustee of the South African Democracy Education Trust.

Minister Sisulu has served South African government in a number of portfolios. These include serving as

the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs; Minister of Intelligence now called State Security; Minister of Housing

and Minister of Defence and Military Veterans.



Honorable Andries Nel Deputy Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Andries Nel is South Africa’s Deputy Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, responsible for Provincial and Local Government. Prior to this he was Deputy Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development. He has been a Member of Parliament for the African National Congress since 1994 and holds a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Pretoria.

As an MP he has served as Deputy Chief Whip, Acting Chief Whip and House Chairperson of the National Assembly and participated in a wide range of portfolio and ad hoc committees. He has also served

the constituencies of Pretoria Central, Centurion and Atteridgeville as well as Waterberg in Limpopo and Midvaal in Gauteng.

He is National Co-ordinator: Legal and Monitoring of the ANC’s National Elections Team.

Before South Africa’s first democratic election Mr Nel was an activist in the National Union of South Africa Students, South African Students’ Press Union, Students for a Democratic Society, Students for Human Rights and the End Conscription Campaign. He has been active in politics since he attended high school in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

From 1996 to 2001 he was a member of the National Executive Committee of the ANC Youth League and co-ordinator of the Lawyers for Human Rights’ Capital Punishment and Penal Reform Project between 1990 and 1994 and a member of ANC structures in the Pretoria area.

He is married to Kim Robinson, who describes herself as, “a New Yorker by birth and proudly South African by marriage.” She is CEO of Renaissance Strategic Solutions, a consultancy specialising in organisational development.


Torsten EsbjørnCEO & Founder of TRIM Consult)

Torsten has worked 15 years in the consulting business and has extended international experience. Through reframing and stakeholder mediation, Torsten has successfully ensured transformation and growth in India, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and in the Nordics.

While working for Ramboll, one of Europe’s largest consulting engineering companies, he developed the positioning and offering within Planning and Urban Design, hereunder international profiling and project delivery. He also headed Ramboll’s engagement with

C40 and developed Ramboll’s Smart City position.

Torsten also managed the Ramboll Group’s Global Account Programme accountable for close to 100m€ and he was responsible for the development of Ramboll’s business plan and setup in Saudi Arabia, which today provides the foundation for many of Ramboll’s Saudi activities.

Torsten has worked and lived in India and South Africa where he developed, consolidated and headed Ramboll’s telecom activities. As the Building and Oil & Gas market developed for Ramboll in India, Torsten also developed and headed the early stages of Ramboll’s current Indian country business unit. Torsten has a proven international leadership record that stretches from strategy to implementation with a clear emphasis on transforming yesterday’s challenges into tomorrow’s reality.

Torsten holds an M. Sc in Civil Engineering from the Denmark’s Technical University, specialising in City Planning and Urban Development through a holistic and sustainable approach balancing environment, economics, society and physical structures setting the scene for people.



Conference Programme Directors:

Nthato Minyuku SAPI President; Itumeleng Nkoane , SAPI Vice President & Rashid Seedat, Head of Gauteng Planning Planning Division, Office of the Premier, Gauteng Province.

DAY 1Monday 4 July 2016

07h00 – 08h25

Conference RegistrationTea/Coffee

Foyer Level 5

OPENING PLENARY

Venue: Pavilion North Level 5

08h30 – 10h00 Opening of Conference: Nthato Minyuku (SAPI President)

Welcome: Cllr Parks Tau (Executive Mayor, City of Johannesburg)

Keynote Address: Honourable Paul Mashatile (MEC, Cooperative Governance, Traditional Affairs and Human Settlements Gauteng Province)

Keynote Address: Honourable Jeff Radebe (Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Performance, Monitoring, Evaluation and Administration)

Session Chair:Yusuf Patel (SAPI Past President/ MD Spatialize)

10h00 – 10h25 Tea break Foyer levels 4 & 5

PLENARY 1Why cities and mayors are the rock stars of the future and how to eat an elephant


10h30 – 11h30 Keynote Address: Torsten Esbjørn ( CEO & Founder of TRIM Consult) Session ChairRashid Seedat(Head Gauteng Planning Division, Office of the Premier, Gauteng)


PLENARY 2Reinvention through the Integrated Urban Development Framework 2016


11h30 – 12h30 Keynote Address: Honourable Andries Nel (Deputy Minister Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs)

Session ChairMs Phindile Baleni (DG Gauteng Province)

12h30 – 13h25 LunchFoyer Level 4 & 5

13h30 – 15h00 PARALLEL SESSION 1 Theory and Governance

Venue

1.1 Committee Room 1, Level 4





Sub Theme

Technology and Innovation

Reinventing Planning Thought

Planning and Communities &Planning and Optimal Land Utilization

Spatial Governance - Urban and Rural Spaces

Planning Responses - Demographic Challenges

Session Chair

Trynos Gumbo, University of Johannebsurg

Zenzile Mbinza, University of Johannesburg

Thulisile Mphambukeli, University of the Free State

Josiah Lodi, Gauteng Planning Division, Office of the Premier

Willemien Van Niekerk, CSIR

15h00 – 15h25 Tea break Level 4 foyer North

15h30 – 17h00 PARALLEL SESSION 2 Theory and Governance

Venue






Sub Theme

Spatial Governance - Urban and Rural Spaces Technology and Innovation





Session Chair

Carl Erasmus, GIBB

Verna Nel, University of the Free State

George Onatu, University of Johannesburg

James Chakwizira, University of Venda

Elizabeth Barcley, Western Cape Government

17h00 WELCOME COCKTAIL Address : Cllr Roslynn Joan Greeff (MMC Development Planning, City of Johannesburg)

Venue Pavilion North Level 5



DAY 2Tuesday 5 July 2016

07h00 – 08h25

Conference RegistrationTea/Coffee

SAPI AGM BREAKFASTVenue Commitee Room 1, Level 4

PLENARY 3Keynote address


08h30 – 09h30 Lindiwe Sisulu (Minister for Human Settlment) Session Chair:Nthato Minyuku (SAPI President)

PLENARY 4Preparing for Habitat III: International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning


09h30 -10h30 Speaker:Christine Platt (Chair of the UN Habitat Expert Group on International Guidelines for Urban and Territorial Planning)

Panel:Rogier Van der Berg (UN-Habitat)Engela Petzer (CSIR)

Busani Ngcaweni (Deputy Director General, Deputy President Office, Presidency)

Session Chair:William Jiyana(Acting Deputy Director-General, Human Settlements Strategic Partnerships, Department of Human Settlement)

10h30 – 10h55 Tea break Foyer levels 4 & 5


PLENARY 5Is there a need for radical planning, radical ideology and radical scholarship?


11h00 - 12h00 Panel:

Leslie Dikeni (Research Associate at the University of Pretoria, Department of Political Sciences)

David Moore (Professor in Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg)

Lene Le Roux (Urban Planner)

Simphiwe Hlatshwayo (Urban Planner)

Session Facilitator

Monty Narsoo (Governance and Policy Specialist)

SUB PLENARY SESSIONS HOSTED BY PARTNERSCity Region and Reforms in Planning

12h05 – 13h05 Hosted by National Treasury

Built Environment Performance Plans as a Planning Tool for Spatial Transformation

Venue Committee Room 1, Level 4

Speaker Yasmin Coovadia (Manager Cities Support Programme & Intergovernmental Relations, National Treasury)

Panel: Malijeng Ngqaleni (DDG Intergovernmental Relations, National Treasury )

Modjadji Malahlela (Executive Manager Urban Development Planning, National Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs)

Session Chair

David van Niekerk (Head Neighbourhood Development Programme, National Treasury)

12h05 – 13h05 Hosted by DPME

Reforming the South African Government Planning Systems

Venue Committee Room 3, level 4

Speaker Khulekani Mathe ( DDG Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation)

Panel Khululekile Mase(Deputy Director General Development Planning, Gauteng Planning Division, Office of the Premier, Gauteng)

Yusuf Patel (SAPI Past President/ MD Spatialize)

Laurine Platzky (Deputy Director General Governance & Integration, Western Cape Provincial Government )

Session Chair

Bea Drost (Sector Expert, Spatial Planning and Urban Development, Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation)



12h05 – 13h05 Hosted by City of Tshwane

Inner City Regeneration and Development of the New City in the East

Venue Commiteee Room 5, Level 4

Speaker Msizi Myeza(Executive Director Strategy, Development and implementation, City of Tshwane)

Panel Marinda Schoonraad (Town Planner and Urban Designer, Metroplan)

Andile Skhosana (Associate Director Infrastructure & Major Projects - Cities Centre of Excellence, KPMG South Africa)

Session Chair

Makgorometsa Makgata (Strategic Executive Director, City of Tshwane)

12h05 – 13h05 Hosted by South African Cities Network

Digesting the State of South African Cities Report 2016

Venue Committee Room 2, Level 4

Speaker Geoffrey Bickford (Researcher South African Cities Network )

Panel Thireshen Govender (Director UrbanWorks )

Lekgolo Mayatula ( Planning and Development Manager SAPOA)

Liana Strydom (City of Johannesburg)

Session Chair:

Itumeleng Nkoane (SAPI Vice President)

12h05 – 13h05 Hosted by City of Johannesburg

Spatial Development Framework (SDF) as an instrument for disruption and reinvention of metropolitan space and function

Committee Room 4, Level 4

Speaker:Dylan Weakley (Project Leader, City Transformation and Spatial Planning, City of Johannesburg)

Panel:Herman Pienaar (Director, City Transformation and Spatial Planning, City of Johannesburg)

Rogier van den Berg (UN Habitat)

Session Chair

Geci Karuri-Sebina (Executive Manager of Programmes, South African Cities Network)

13h05 – 13h55 Lunch

Foyer Level 4 & 5


14h00 – 15h30 PARALLEL SESSION 3 Case Studies and Methods

Venue






Sub Theme





Planning and Optimal Land Utilization


Session Chair


Trynos Gumbo, University of Johannebsurg

Elizelle Juane Cilliers, North-West University


Verna Nel, University of the Free State

15h30 -15h55 Tea break Foyer Level 4

16h00 – 17h30 PARALLEL SESSION 4 Case Studies and Methods

Venue






Sub Theme

Planning and Communities








Session Chair


Martin Lewis, SACPLAN

Desiree Sehlapelo, UNISA

Elizabeth Barcley, Western Cape Government


18h00 Transport to leave for Dinner at 18:00 onwards

19h00 2016 SAPI Gala Dinner and SAPI AwardsCeremony

Turbine Hall, Newtown, Johannesburg

Guest Speaker

Pieter Van Zyl (First President of SAPI)



DAY 3Wednesday 6 July 2016

07h30 – 08H30 Conference RegistrationTea/Coffee

PLENARY 6The Planning Debate “Are Planning Instruments and Techonology creating progressive Spatial Transformation?”


08h30 – 09h30 Debaters For: Phil Harrison, Stephen Narsoo, Nellie Lester

Against:Lumkile Mondi, David Moore, Cathrine Cross

Moderator Christine Platt

PLENARY 7Formality and Informality - Planning Challenges in Africa


09h30 – 10h30 Panel :Miriam Maina (Univeristy of Witwatersrand)George Onatu (Univeristy of Johannesburg)Costanza La Mantia (Researcher at the Centre for Urban and Built Environment Studies, University of Witwatersrand)

Session chair

Sithole Mbanga (CEO South African Cities Network)

10h35– 10h55 Tea break Foyer levels 4 & 5


PLENARY 8The case of building a City Region in Gauteng


11h00 – 12h30 Panel Members:

Mayor of Tshwane: Cllr Kgosientso Ramokgopa

Mayor of Ekurhuleni: Cllr Mondli Gungubele

Mayor of Sedibeng: Cllr Busi Modisakeng

Mayor of West Rand: Cllr M Nawa

Closing Remarks: Gauteng Premier David Makura

Session Facilitator

Jayendra Naidoo (Chairman J&J Group, Exec Member Business Leadership SA)

CLOSING PLENARY


12h30 – 13h00 Closing of Conference Nthato Minyuku (SAPI President)

Key Announcements:

2018 SAPI Conference Launch bid for Planning Africa 2020

13h05 Lunch

Foyer Level 4 & 5



CONFERENCE PARALEL SESSIONS PAPERS AND AUTHORS

4 July, 2016, Parallel Session: 1.1 (13h30 - 15h00)Parallel Session Venue Session Chair Sub-Theme Abstract / Paper Title Author(s) / Presenter(s)

4 July, 2016, Parallel Session 1.1 (13h30 - 15h00)

Committee Room-1 (Level 4)

Dr Trynos Gumbo, University of Johannebsurg


The Adoption of Appropriate Technology in Service Delivery in South Africa

Azra Rajab, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)





Influence of Information Communication Technology to Create an Image of a Creative City in Developing Countries

Dr Dillip Kumar Das, Central University of Technology, Free State





The Potential of Social Media to Demarcate the Catchment of Commuters of the Gautrain Public Transit System

Thembani Moyo, Dr Walter Musakwa, University of Johannesburg





GIS Data Availability for Spatial Planning: The practicality of Open Data in Addressing Data Accessibility for Spatial Planning in Government

Celiwe Kgowedi, Gauteng Office of the Premier





Urban and Rural Growth Modelling – Predicting Urban and Rural Growth Patterns: A South African Case Study

Werner Mostert, I@Consulting (Pty) Ltd





Using Cognitive, Participatory and Community Mapping Methods for Spatial Analysis

Nicholas Pinfold, Laura Pinfold, Cape Peninsula University of Technology





Gamification, Gaming, Apps and Social Media in Development Planning: Needs Versus Limits of Technology

Dr Eizabeth Barclay, Department of Environmental Affairs & Development Planning, Cape Town


4 July, 2016, Parallel Session 1.2 (13h30 -15h00)




Are We Achieving Spatial Transformation in South Africa? Accessing Progress in Spatial Transformation Though Spatial Indicators.

J. Maritz, A. Pieterse, E. Van Huyssteen, M. Ngidi, A. Le Roux, G. Mans, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research





Development Charges and Housing Affordability: A Policy Conundrum

Frank Cumming, Western Cape Government






Enabling Regeneration in an Age of Austerity: The Public Sectors Role in Facilitating Development

Frank Cumming, Western Cape Government





The Graduate Identity of Professional Planning in South Africa

AP Hugo, Prof Das Steÿn, University of the Free State





Making Sense of Future Spatial Planning System in South Africa

Anri de Lange, Dr Johnny Coetzee, University of Pretoria





Gamification, Gaming, Apps and Social Media in Development Planning: Needs Versus Limits of Technology

Dr Eizabeth Barclay, Department of Environmental Affairs & Development Planning, Cape Town




Dr Thulisile Mphambukeli, University of the Free State


Consumption Expenditure Patterns of Unsustainable RDP Households in South Africa

Nozipho Shabalala, Lodene Willemse, CRUISE, Stellenbosch University





Developing a Node Hierarchy as a Focus for Locating Middle to Higher Order Social Services in South Africa

Chéri Green, Gerbrand Mans, Johan Maritz, Mawande Ngidi, Zukisa Sogoni, Council for Scientific Industrial and Research (CSIR)





Public Participation and Collaborative Planning: the Key to Unlocking the 20 Basic Pillars of Planning

Siyabonga Njeke, Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, KwaZulu-Natal





Service Delivery in South African Rural Municipalities

Thandi Makale, Anele Horn, Stellenbosch University





Land Use Management in Traditional Authority Areas - Disrupting Conventional Thought and Providing Innovative Practices for a Workable Future

Werner Fourie, i@Consulting (Pty) Ltd





A Transect Approach to Land Use Management in South Africa

Prof Verna Nel, Darren Nel, University of the Free State, University of Pretoria







Making Sense of the Future of Mine Land Rehabilitation: Community Based Renewable Energy Projects on Mine Impacted Land

Karien Erasmus, Robbie Louw, Promethium Carbon




Josiah Lodi, Gauteng Planning Division


De-Complexifying the SPLUMA Principles

AP Barnes, Dr E Barclay, JH Jacobs; C Hauptfleisch, S Orie, NS Jacobs, Prof Verna Nel, Department of Environmental Affairs & Development Planning, and University of the Free State





Spatial Governance – The Powers that Form Urban and Rural Spaces: SPLUMA and Its Implications

Kgaugelo S. Mametja, I@Consulting (Pty) Ltd





Spatial Governance Principles for Rural Areas Under Traditional Authority

A D (Tony) Williams, Prof Verna Nel, University of the Free State





The Role of the Built Environment Performance Plan in Re-Inventing our City

Thembeka Nxumalo, Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality





Measuring and Monitoring Urban (And Rural) Development Performance Against an Appropriate Set of Sustainable Development Performance Indicators

Lebo Radebe-Radebe, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality





Corridors as Place Making, Identity Creation and Space Branding Tools: Imagining the Possibilities of a Future South African Spatial System Anchored on Vibrant and Sustainable Corridors

Mac Mashiri, Dr James Chakwizira, Peter Njenga, Abena Kwayisi, Gwarajena TRD, University of Venda





Recovering Lost Socio-Cultural Spaces to Re-Establish Sustainable Green Places and Reinvent Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria as a Great City of Tomorrow

Olufemi Ojo-Fajuru, Ambrose Adebayo, University of KwaZulu Natal







The Journey from the City of “Survive” to Land of “Thrive”…

Mahlatse Mankge, Zinzile Seepie, Gauteng Planning Division





The Morphological / Settlement Pattern Classification of South African Settlements Based on the CSIR Settlement Catchment Approach, to Inform Facility Allocation and Service Delivery

Zukisa Sogoni, Mawande Ngidi, Cheri Green, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)





Impact of Rural-Urban Migration on Household Economy

Rialivhuwa Tshivhase, Ikuko Okamoto, Toyo University





Mosaic Project: A Case Study of the Spatial Impacts of HIV & AIDS on Informal Settlement Development

G.S. Cornelius, Prof. C.B. Schoeman, North West University





A Policy and Legislation Investigation Supporting the Creation of Child-Friendly Spaces

Ma-Rene' Maree, Prof Juanee' Cilliers, North West University





Planning Child-friendly Green Spaces for the South African Context

Zhan Goosen, Prof Elizelle Juanee Cilliers, North West University





Making Great Places: Women's Access and Use of Public Space

Rocio Armillas Tiseyra, United Nations Human Settlements Programme



4 July, 2016, Parallel Session: 2.1 (15h30 - 17h00)Parallel Session

Venue Session Chair Sub-Theme Abstract / Paper Title Author(s) / Presenter(s)



Carl Erasmus, GIBB Spatial Governance - Urban and Rural Spaces

The Ongoing Apartheid Spatial Planning Pattern: Is SPLUMA the Light at the End of the Tunnel?

Tania de Waal, Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, Western Cape




Putting Spatial Resilience into Practice

Anthony Barnes, Prof Verna Nel, University of the Free State




Exploring the Fragments of a Possible Theory and Policy on (Spatial) Justice in an Attempt to Build Justified and Just Cities and Communities in South Africa

Adefemi Adegeye, Dr Johnny Coetzee, University of Pretoria




An Application of ISO 37120 Indicators to Compare Sustainable Development in South African and International Cities

Danie du Plessis, Stellenbosch University



Carl Erasmus, GIBB Technology and Innovation

The Role of Innovations in Municipal Solid Waste Management to Attaining Sustainable Cities: Case of City of Johannesburg

Bonolo Letlape, Dr Trynos Gumbo, University of Johannesburg



Carl Erasmus, GIBB Technology and Innovation

The Role of Innovations in Municipal Solid Waste Management to Attaining Sustainable Cities: Case of City of Johannesburg

Bonolo Letlape, Dr Trynos Gumbo, University of Johannesburg




Prof Verna Nel, University of the Free State


Urban Planning Curriculum: Reviewing Assessment Strategies as a Learning (and not a Testing) Tool

Belinda Verster, Cape Peninsula University of Technology






If planning is Not Addressing the Imbalances of the Past, Maybe Planning is Being Undermined

Dr Thulisile Mphambukeli, Patricia Luckan, University of Free State





The Collateral Damage of Local Politics

Louw van Biljon, Spatium Environmental Planning & Design





How Sound Planning Sense Should Disrupt the Different Powers in the Planning World

Prof Das Steyn, University of the Free State





Enhancing Integrated Planning through City Performance Indicator Systems

Jeremy Gibberd, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)





Making Great Places: Women's Access and Use of Public Space

Rocio Armillas Tiseyra, United Nations Human Settlements Programme

4 July, 2016, Parallel Session: 2.3 (15h30 - 17h00)

Parallel Session Venue Session Chair Sub-Theme Abstract / Paper Title Author(s) / Presenter(s)





Informal Trading Typologies in South African Cities






Built Environments and the Ecological Footprint of Waste






The Planning Profession in Motion: Lessons for South Africa’s Planning Profession Act (2002) from International Experiences

James Chakwizira, Cecilia Njenga, Mac Mashiri, Buyisiwe Zuma, Rajesh Makan, Maartin Friedrich, Petrus Steyn, University of Venda, University of Johannesburg







Re-Evaluating the Intimate Relationship Between Spatial Planning and Water

H.E Rohr, i@Consulting (Pty) Ltd





Isisindo Soluntu: Decolonial Theory and Practices in the African City

Eric Nyembezi Makoni, University of Johannesburg





From Bantustans to Functional Regions? Planning for Rural Development in Post 1994 South Africa

Eric Nyembezi Makoni, University of Johannesburg




Dr James Chakwizira, University of Venda


Call a Spade a Spade: Spatial Transformation Post 1994, from Integrated Planning to Spatial Planning ..…






Is Planning Paying Attention to ‘The Future’? Experiences in Eight South African Municipalities

Engela Petzer, Council for Scientific Industrial and Research (CSIR)/ University of Pretoria





Revising the South African Guidelines for Human Settlement Planning and Design (The Red Book)

Engela Petzer, Tinus Kruger, Azra Rajab, Thuli Ndlovu, Council for Scientific Industrial and Research (CSIR)





UN-Habitat's Rapid Planning Studio: An Actionable Planning Methodology for Periods of Rapid Urbanization

Thomas Stellmach, Gianluca Crispi, Benjamin Scheerbarth, UN-Habitat, TSPA, UN-Habitat, TSPA





The Irrelevance of Planning in a Dynamic Sub-Sahara Africa and Back to Relevance?

Thomas Stewart, Simon Shinguto, University of the Free State





Dr Elizabeth Barcley, Western Cape Government


An Integrated Framework and Methodology for Spatial Planning Evaluation

Danie du Plessis, Stellenbosch University





Making Sense of the Future: Disruption and Reinvention - The Importance of Planning and Design in Rural Areas with the Commencement of SPLUMA

Jaco-Albert Bakker, I@Consulting (Pty) Ltd





IDPs, SDFs & EIAs: Planning and Environmental Impact Assessment - What are we Achieving, Where are we Heading?

Gerhard Gerber, Bernard Niemand, Provincial Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, Cape Town





Making Urban - “Making Sense of the Future - Disruption and Reinvention”

Nico Venter, Arup





Questioning Business-as-Usual Spatial Planning

Lodie Venter, City of Tshwane









The Zoning Predicament of Airbnb

Dr Elizabeth Barclay, J Rumbelow, H Jacobs, K Munro, Department of Environmental Affairs & Development Planning, Cape Town





The Use of ICT Tools to Improve the Slum Upgrading Process in South Africa: A Case of Denver Slum Upgrading Project in Johannesburg

Tresor Mbayahe, Dr Innocent Musonda, University of Johannesburg





Establishment of a Development Planning Business Intelligence System (DP-BIS) in the Western Cape

Julien Rumbelow, Riette Fourie, Chantel Hauptfleisch, Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, Western Cape Government





Innovative Urban Public Transport Systems and Economic Transformation Nexus: Case of Gautrain and Are Yeng in the City of Tshwane

Bongumusa Ndwandwe, Dr Trynos Gumbo, University of Johannesburg





Sustainable Transport for Urban Poor: A Case of Johannesburg

Kgaogelo Kgatjepe, Aurobindo Ogra, University of Johannesburg





Movement Patterns of Commuters between Sandton and Park Micro City Centers in the Johannesburg Metropolitan City: Towards a Connectivity Model for Urban Public Transport Systems

Retsebile Moswane and Dr Trynos Gumbo, University of Johannesburg








An ‘Uncompact City’ - The Spatial History of Durban

Rob Dyer, Private Consulting





Urban Social and Spatial Upgrading in the Western Cape through the RSEP/VPUU Programme

Francois Wüst, Department of Environmental Affairs & Development Planning, Cape Town





Understanding Past Drivers of Land Use Change to Model Potential Future Land Use in the Western Cape Province

Petronella Tizora, Alize Le Roux, Gerbrand Mans, Antony Cooper, University of Pretoria, Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology





Public Spaces in Post-Apartheid Johannesburg: Clashing of Ideals in Imaginaries and Everyday Practices

Ilaria Boniburini, University of Witwatersrand





Building Cities from Scratch: A Case Study of Cidade de Kilamba

Karien Louw, Prof Juanee Cilliers, Dr Waldo Krugell, North West University





The Prospects and Challenges of Mixed-Income Housing Development Strategies in Socio-Spatial Transformation of South African Human Settlements: Evidence from Two Case Studies

George Onatu, Prof Didibhuku Thwala, University of Johannesburg

Parallel Session 3.2 (14h00 - 15h30)




An Exploration of Student’s Experiences of Safety on Campus Environments in Finland and South Africa: Towards an Integrated Environmental Design Approach

Stehan Coetzee, K Puren, North West University







Prof Elizelle Juane Cilliers, North-West University


A Lack of Stakeholder Buy in Derails an Urban Development Zone Tax Incentive: The Case of Mangaung, South Africa

Lourens Booysen, Maléne Campbell, University of the Free State





An Assessment of Trans-Border Spatial Development Cooperation: Insights from Musina-Beitbridge Twinning Agreement

Shylet Nyamwanza, Prof Peter Bikam, University of Venda





The Impact of the Southern African Development Community Protocol on Market Access along the Maputo Development Corridor

Rapuleng Ramatsoele, Dr Maléne Campbell, University of the Free State





Greater Cape Metropolitan Spatial Implementation Framework

Marek Kedzieja, Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, Cape Town





Development Control Regulations Compliance: Paradigm Change to Reinvent Disrupted Public Spaces and Make Future Great Place in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

Olufemi Ojo-Fajuru, Ambrose Adebayo, University of KwaZulu Natal





Conceptual Framework to Guide the Development Planning Research in the Western Cape

Dr Elizabeth Barclay, JH Jacobs, J Rumbelow, Department of Environmental Affairs & Development Planning. Cape Town





Public Private Partnership: Evidence from the Breaking New Ground (BNG) Human Settlements Programme at Cosmo City, Johannesburg

George Onatu, Prof Didibhuku Thwala, University of Johannesburg








The Formation of Metropolitan Regions in South Africa?

Zaakirah Jeeva, Prof Elizelle Juanee Cilliers, North West University





Reflecting on the Impacts of Chinese Migration in South Africa – A Local Perspective

Karien Louw, Louis Lategan, Prof Juanee Cilliers, North West University





Programming Regional Development for the New Provincial Structure in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Tresor Mbayahe, George Onatu, University of Johannesburg





Exploring the Underlying Factors Behind the Resurgence of New Informal Settlements Post in-Situ Upgrading in South Africa: A Case Study of Phelindaba Informal Settlement, Matjhabeng Local Municipality, Free State

Monwabisi Mdleleni, Dr Thulisile Mphambukeli, University of the Free State





Informal Settlements Access to Public Transport Systems (A Comparative Study: Tehran and Johannesburg)

Maryam Jafari Mehrabadi, Hamid Rokhsari, University of Guilan





Investigating the Experiences in Empowering the Informal Settlements in Iran

Maryam Jafari Mehrabadi, Hamid Rokhsari, University of Guilan





A Critical Evaluation of the Impact of National Informal Settlement Upgrade Programme in Townships: A Case of Ivory Park in the Northern of the City of Johannesburg

Thando Gono, George Onatu, University of Johannesburg









Environmental Planning Theories and Best Practices: The Nexus Between Urban Re-Naturalization and Sustainable Cityscape in Nigeria

Ojo-Fajuru Olufemi, Moolaji Olaseni, University of Kwazulu-Natal/Yaba College of Technology





An Investigation into Land Tenure Opportunities for the Goedverwacht Moravian Mission Station in the Western Cape

Laura Pinfold, Nicholas Pinfold, Cape Peninsula University of Technology





Inadequate Implementation of the Galeshewe Urban Renewal Programme, in Hindsight (2001-2010), Sol Plaatje Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Danisile Seeco, University of the Free State





Climate Change in Southern Africa: Implications for Infrastructure Planning and Urban Management in Zimbabwe and Botswana

Abraham Matamanda, Veronica Skiyi, Ruramai Kadebu, University of Zimbabwe





Effective Enforcement of Land Use Management Systems in Windhoek: Case Studies of Klein Windhoek and Katutura

Jennilee Kohima, Dr Thulisile Mphambukeli, University of the Free State





The Urbanisation of Rural Villages, Cultural and Traditional Communities and Peri-Urban Areas: The case of South Africa’s Phokeng Village in Rustenburg

Ivan Kadungure





Urban Governance and Social Housing in South Africa: the Case of Johannesburg Social Housing Company (JOSHCO)

George Onatu, Eric Makoni, University of Johannesburg








Every Last Drop - The Role of Spatial Planning in Enhancing Urban Water Management in the City of Cape Town

Rebecca Cameron and Tania Katzschner, MCA Urban and Environmental Planners





Traditional Leadership Creating Enabling Environments for Human Settlements: A Case Study of QwaQwa (a former Bantustan)

Kgosi Mocwagae, Dr Thulisile Mphambukeli, University of the Free State





Water Sensitive Planning: A Challenge for Human Settlements & Development Planning in Madibeng Local Municipality, the Case of Mothutlung Township

Justman SUH, University of the Free State





Hyper-Regulation Within a Deregulated Economy: the Emergence of the Fifth Columnists and the Hampering of the National Growth and Development in Nigeria

Elijah Babasola Afolabi AGBAJE, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria





Gated-Communities in Lesotho: Prospects and Constraints

Prof Vusi Mashinini, National University of Lesotho





Student Photovoice in Uganda: Education, Service, Leadership, and the Future

Sarah McCabe, Denise Ferris, BRAC Uganda









Investigating Challenges Hindering the Implementation of Infrastructure Projects in the Rural Areas of Maruleng Municipality

Khwathisi Ntsieni Colin, Marule Ditsepu Kholofhelo, University of Venda





Providing High Quality Infrastructure in a Bankrupted Environment: Comparison of Local Synergies in the Cities of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) and Santa Tecla (El-Salvador)

Elvia Sofia Bonilla, Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam





Who Owns Joburg: Investigating Corporate and Survivalist Branding Strategies in Johannesburg






Possible Futures: The Trajectory of Marlboro

Taariq Ismai, Daniel Irurah, Gauteng Planning Division





Understanding and Overcoming the Development Application Blockages in Gauteng Province

Ashley Hay, Gauteng Planning Division





Guiding the Metropolitan Budgeting Process through the Capital Investment Framework: Taking a Data Driven Approach to Transform the Future City Scape of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

Carmen Paulsen, Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality





Planning Africa’s first Aerotropolis

Aadil Engar, Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality








Images of Central Areas: A comparative Analyses Between South African and European Cities

Dr Dillip Kumar Das, Central University of Technology, Free State

5, July, 2016, Parallel Session 4.3 (16h00 - 17h30)




An Assessment of Environmental Impacts of Urban Housing Informality on Residents: Experiences with Water, Sanitation and Waste Management in Alexandra Township

Keitumetse Phala, Dr Trynos Gumbo, University of Johannesburg





Exploring Revenue Enhancement Strategies in Rural Municipalities: A Case of Mutale Municipality

Moffat Frank, Prof Peter Bikam, University of Venda





You Wore My Socks Again...The Case of Brand Encroachment Between the Cities of Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa






The Dilemma of Urban Planning Practice in Botswana

Dr. Mutakela Kingsley Minyoi, University of Botswana





Urban Expansion and Spatial Distribution of Wetlands in Thohoyando Town, South Africa

Faith Dowelani, Emaculate Ingwani, University of Venda





Dynamics of Accessing Water in Rural Villages of Mbombela Municipality in South Africa

Sthembiso Welcome Ngomane, Emaculate Ingwani, University of Venda









Assessing the Impact of Trans-Border Spatial Development Cooperation: Insights from Musina-Beitbridge Twinning Agreement

Shylet Nyamwanza, Prof Peter Bikam, University of Venda





An Empirical Investigation of the Underlying Assumptions of Place-Based and Spatial Efficiency Views in Spatial Planning Practice: A focus on Gauteng’s Space Economy

Adetunji Adebayo, Jacques du Toit, Steve Koch, Willem Badenhorst, Gauteng Planning Division





Comparative Analysis of Public Participation Strategies of Metropolitan Cities of Gauteng, South Africa

Kutulo Mahlare, Aurobindo Ogra, University of Johannesburg





Assessment of Municipal Infrastructure Life Cycle: Case Study of Johannesburg

Kailin Singh, Aurobindo Ogra, University of Johannesburg





The Spatial Dimension for Gauteng City Region ‘Green Infrastructure’






Employing a Functional Region Approach to Promoting Inclusive and Sustainable Rural Development: The Case for Xhariep District Municipality, Free State Province

Mac Mashiri, Peter Njenga, Maartin Friedrich, James Chakwizira, Gwarajena TRD, University of Venda





A Critical Evaluation of the Challenges and Opportunities Inherent in the Evaluation of Spatial Development Framework: A Case of Outer West SDP, eThekwini Municipality

Amanda Zungu, Rosemary Hayangah, George Onatu, CoGTA, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of Johannesburg








Evaluating South Africa's Green Planning Strategies: The Fleurhof Case Study

RS Veiga, Prof Elizelle Juanee Cilliers, North West University





Exploring Risks and Vulnerabilities in Gauteng’s Three Metropolitan Cities: Trends and Implications for City Governance and Forward Planning

Amy Pieterse, Willemien van Niekerk, Elsona van Huyssteen, Gerbrand Mans, Johan Maritz, Alize Le Roux, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)





Over the Edge: The Impact of Urban Sprawl on the City of Ekurhuleni

G P Kelly, Dr P J v V Coetzee, University of Pretoria





Pursuing Rural Development Whilst Maintaining Ruralism: A Case Study of Qunu (Empa), Eastern Case, South Africa and Tsholotsho (Hwange, National Park), Zimbabwe

Sinovuyo Babalwa Sitingal, Dr Walter Musakwa, University of Johannesburg





Cross-Border Municipal Planning as a Process Towards Integrated and Sustainable City Regions: A Case Study of Ethekwini Metropolitan

Siyabonga Njeke, Jivan Pardesi, Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, KwaZulu-Natal





Sustainable Urban Infrastructure & Service Delivery Assessment of City-Regions of South Africa: A Case Study of Gauteng City-Region & Cape Town City-Region

Mantsha Tsheoga, Aurobindo Ogra, University of Johannesburg



Christine Felicity Platt

Christine is the Chairman of the Ministerial Advisory Panel for the Minister of Human Settlements, Government of South Africa. She is chair of the UN Habitat Expert Group on International Guidelines for Urban and Territorial Planning, a member of HABITAT III Policy Unit expert group, member of the UN Habitat International Advisory Board on Palestine. She was member of the UN Habitat International Advisory Board for the World Cities Report 2015 and served on the UN Habitat World Urban Campaign Steering Committee and UN ISDR Resilient Cities Campaign Advisory Board as well as being Director and Vice Chairman of the Board of the SA Housing Development Agency to 2015.

She is the Honorary Vice President and Immediate Past President of the Commonwealth Association of Planners and held the post of CEO of the Association during 2006 – 2014. Christine was the President of South African Planning Institute from 1 July 2002 to June 2006 and has extensive experience in planning ranging from local government level to international level. She has working at grass roots with local communities as well as working with international stakeholders at the global level, including around the reformation of the global planning agenda.

Christine was part of team that lead the preparation of the first Integrated Development Plan for the Mandeni Municipality. She has made a firm contribution in rebuilding of the South African Planning profession in the post – Apartheid era. She was responsible for convening the first Planning Africa conference in 2002 as well as initiating the formation of the African Planning Association and leading the Commonwealth Association of Planners into a movement of strong growth and achievement.

Christine has a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Economics, and a Masters degree in Town and Regional Planning, both from the University of Natal.


Dr Laurine Platzky

South African born, Dr Laurine Platzky was educated in Cape Town. She graduated from the University of Cape Town with a BA in Geography, B.Soc Sc in Sociology and a Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning. She was national co-ordinator for the Surplus People Project, which exposed the forced removal of more than three and a half million people in apartheid South Africa between 1960 and 1983.

After working to empower communities threatened with removal, she worked on economic strategies for rural people in a post-apartheid South Africa. Her PhD thesis, “The Development Impact

of South Africa’s Industrial Location Policies: an Unforeseen Legacy”, through the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, contributed to her later work for the Reconstruction and Development Programme in the President’s Office.

She then became the Project Manager for the West Coast Investment Initiative with the national Department of Trade and Industry.

In 1999 she moved to provincial government, to become Deputy Director-General, where she was responsible for Economic Development and Tourism until July 2004 when she was appointed Acting Head of the Western Cape Housing Department and later Acting Head of Culture and Sport. Based in the Premier’s Department since 2006, she is responsible for provincial strategic programmes, having coordinated the Western Cape’s 2010 FIFA World Cup programme. She was a board member of Cape Town Design, the implementing agency for 2014 World Design Capital and continues her interest in design, innovation and working to enhance the lives of her fellow South Africans.



Costanza La Mantia

Dr. Costanza La Mantia is an Italian architect, urban designer and urban planner with an extensive professional and academic experience both in Europe and Africa. She holds a professional degree in Architecture and a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning and she is currently a Researcher at the Centre for Urban and Built Environment Studies (CUBES), an Honorary Research Fellow at the Wits City Institute and a Sessional Lecturer at the Wits School of Architecture and Planning, Johannesburg.

Her scholarly focus is on innovative governance systems through alternative development strategies for informal areas, including the search for ways to address urban poverty reduction (inclusive, integrated development processes and policies), community participation and urban upgrading, and the exploration of policies and projects to promote urban resilience. She has worked as an urban planner and urban designer in Italy, has managed participatory upgrading projects in Egypt, Kenya, and Rwanda, has lectured at universities in Italy, Egypt and Rwanda, contributed to the Department of Human Settlements National Upgrade Support Programme in South Africa, and is currently leading a participatory process for an architectural and community development project in Lesotho.

Her cross-sector experience in private practice, public policy, and academic research includes developing methodology and frameworks of analysis to support complex spatial transformations, providing strategic advice to both the public and private sectors to promote the use of spatial planning and urban design as a means to foster stakeholders’ collaboration. This approach has led to her receipt of several prestigious international design awards, from an Honorable Mention at the 2006 Portus Prize at the Architectural Venice Biennale for strategic transformation framework of the Italian city of Termini Imerese, to a 2014 Holcim Award for Sustainable Architecture for a proposed urban and architectural intervention in Kigali, Rwanda.

She has recently co-authored a research-based needs assessment of Built Environment Education in East Africa for the Aga Khan University.


Dr Marinda Schoonraad

Dr Marinda Schoonraad is a qualified Professional Town Planner and Urban Designer with almost 30 years’ experience. She obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Town and Regional Planning in 1987 from the University of Pretoria, a Master’s Degree in 1995 from the University of the Witwatersrand, and a PhD in Urbanism in 2004 from Delft University in the Netherlands. Her PhD dealt with the contradictions between policy, plan, and implementation in South Africa, with specific reference to urban patterns of segregation.

Her career began in local government at the City of Tshwane, where she worked as a town planner dealing with land use management in the rapidly changing central areas of the city. She joined the University of Pretoria in 1992 as a lecturer and taught on subjects dealing with spatial urban patterns, the history of urban development, strategic spatial planning, and urban design. She was also actively involved in assisting poorer communities in adapting to the spatial changes brought on by the change to democratic rule. She published several international articles in journals and books, presented papers and edited books on the forces influencing urban form, large scale urban projects, and comparisons between international urban development case studies.

From the university she moved to private planning practice in 2005. She is currently commissioned by different spheres of government, and is active in a number of provinces and municipalities throughout South Africa. She specialises in strategic and spatial planning from a provincial to a precinct level, specifically in the fields of strategic planning, urban restructuring, urban regeneration, sustainable development, urban design, and inclusionary housing. Recent projects include the regeneration strategy for the Inner City of Tshwane, Transit oriented development research, inclusionary housing for the extension of Diepsloot, hostel upgrading projects, informal settlement upgrading strategy for Tshwane and Madibeng, integrated housing projects for Bethlehem and Sasolburg and spatial development frameworks for Ekurhuleni and Mogale City. In addition, she has undertaken planning projects and research in various parts of Africa, Europe, South America and Japan.



STEPHEN NARSOO

Stephen Narsoo is an ‘urbanpreneur’ using technologies both digital and non-digital to solve urban problems. He is co-founder of Kite, a creative house for developing solutions to city problems. The company was founded in 2015 and has offices in Johannesburg and Los Angeles.

Stephen brings a unique perspective to the world of city development, as he approaches seemingly intractable urban problems as an opportunity to create new social businesses. He holds a Masters Degree in Urban Planning from University California Los Angeles (UCLA) where he focussed on the creative economy of Los Angeles and a BSc in Urban Development from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Over the last 15 years he has worked as an urban development specialist for the World Bank, International Finance Corporation and various government agencies. Over the last five years he has has been exploring the social and economic impact of technology on cities.

He works to deliver products that hold the potential to fundamentally disrupt the status quo of cities. But that ultimately makes cities better places for people to live. His multi-disciplinary expertise spans across; product conceptualisation and development, business modelling, analytics, idea generation and relentless tinkering. He believes that the innate need for human connection together with technology can create cities which are more equal, sustainable and creative.


Josiah Lodi

Josiah Lodi is the Chief Director Development Planning in the Gauteng Planning Division. He is driving the review of the Gauteng Spatial Development Framework (GSDF), ensuring the implementation of the new land use regime in Gauteng, and setting up a Geographic Information System (GIS) in the Gauteng City Region (GCR).

Josiah has previously in Kwa-Zulu Natal and the Western Cape. With over 15 years of experience in the integrated and intergovernmental development planning sphere, Josiah is a qualified urban and regional planner and a passionate leader in the realm of spatial and

collaborative planning, policy development and implementation.

He has revolutionised the way that young planners engage planning theory by inspiring them to draw from the deep wisdom of their lived experiences within pre and post-apartheid South Africa.



Yusuf Patel

Yusuf Patel is a Professional Planner with extensive experience in urban and regional development cutting across both the public and private sectors. He is the founder and managing director of SpatialiZe (Pty) Ltd which is a multi-functional place-making company that undertakes property development, transaction facilitation and provides various built environment services to create inclusive, economically vibrant and sustainable neighbourhoods, cities and regions.

Yusuf serves on the board of the South African Planning Institute (SAPI), is a Vice-President of the Commonwealth Association of Planners (CAP), Committee Member of SAPOA property developer’s forum, and spokesperson for the Affordable Residential Developers Association (SAARDA).

He is a former Deputy Director-General in National Government, former Managing Director of Basil Read Developments and Executive Director of Basil Read (Pty) Ltd, former board member of South African Cities Network, and immediate past president of SAPI.

Yusuf has a Masters degree in Financial Economics from the University of London, a Masters degree in Development Planning and a Bachelors degree in Quantity Surveying from the University of Witwatersrand.

Herman Pienaar

Herman Pienaar is the Director: City Transformation and Spatial Planning in the Department of Development Planning at the City of Johannesburg. He has worked at the City of Johannesburg for the past 15 years, leading a team of urban planners responsible for the strategic spatial planning for the City.

Mr. Pienaar plays a strategic role in the drive to transform the City of Johannesburg from an apartheid city to a functional and inclusive World Class African City. Under his leadership a number of strategic planning initiatives and policies, such as the Corridors of Freedom and the Metropolitan Spatial Development Framework, have steered the city’s development agenda.


Mr. Pienaar is a member of the City’s Budget Steering Committee and also directs and coordinates the City’s capital investment process in order to strategically align infrastructure spending to meet development goals and strategic outcomes.

He is also involved in a number of projects in partnership with UN-Habitat and UNEP related to climate change and the urban transformation process.

Dylan Weakley

Dylan Weakley is a Strategic Urban Planner at the City of Johannesburg and Acting Assistant Director for Metro Planning. He was previously, a project manager and researcher at the University of the Witwatersrand, in the School of Architecture and Planning, South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning. Dylan holds an MSc by research in Town Planning from Wits University.

Thireshen Govender is an architect and urban designer practicing in Johannesburg, South Africa. His deep curiosity in emergent spatial patterns, particularly in new democracies, informs the nature of projects he undertakes through his practice. As a creative, he seeks to find alternative and relevant ways for space to meaningfully represent South African values whilst simultaneously speculating towards its democratic aspirations. A strong belief in the reciprocity between space and society drives his work. He founded UrbanWorks in 2008 in Johannesburg to critically engage with these themes through projects of varied scales, agencies and disciplines. He also teaches at the University of Johannesburg’s Graduate School of Architecture.

Engela Petzer

Engela Petzer is a senior researcher at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Pretoria. A qualified and registered town and regional planner, Engela graduated from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. She lectured in town and regional planning at both the University of Pretoria and the University of the North West. She also spent time in the private sector, editing the Urban Green File magazine and working as a planning consultant. Her areas of work and research include integrated development planning, scenario development, policy and guideline development and analyses and immovable asset management.



Engela Petzer

Engela Petzer is a senior researcher at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Pretoria. A qualified and registered town and regional planner, Engela graduated from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. She lectured in town and regional planning at both the University of Pretoria and the University of the North West. She also spent time in the private sector, editing the Urban Green File magazine and working as a planning consultant.

Her areas of work and research include integrated development planning, scenario development, policy and guideline development and analyses and immovable asset management.

Rogier van den Berg

Rogier van den Berg is manager of the Urban Planning and Design Lab of UN-Habitat in Nairobi and is. currently active in over 40 cities in 30 countries in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Asia. The Urban Planning and Design Lab defines, designs and coordinates urban planning projects in collaboration with local, regional and national governments. As such he has collaborated with the City of Johannesburg in the making of the Johannesburg Spatial Development Strategy.

Van den Berg has been trained as an architect and was director of the private practices Zandbelt&vandenBerg and SmartCityStudio in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. With these practices Van den Berg has been involved in the design and construction of urban and architectural projects. He has been regular advisor of the Dutch government on among others metropolitan strategies for the Randstad area, Schiphol airport and the Port of Rotterdam. Besides his practice he was Head of the faculty of Urbanism at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture. Under his leadership this Academic Master Program has been awarded best Urbanism Master in the Netherlands. Prior to this he has been lecturer at the University of Technology in Delft.


Cathrine Cross

Cathrine Cross is an independent consultant affiliated with the multiyear StepSA spatial development planning project, a joint HSRC/CSIR/DST research collaboration of the science councils. Her major area of focus is quantitative/qualitative migration analysis in the context of the South African space economy.

The work in StepSA with the HSRC team includes designing and developing the Delivery Demand Guide Charts planning instrument with basic planning indicators customized by poverty-level settlement type for every municipality in South Africa, the Spatial Opportunity Gradient tools which summarize economic opportunity according to spatial zones for the in-migrating shack populations in all major metro cities, and the Transport Access Envelope methodology for assessing affordable access to jobs for any informal settlement or potential site of upgrading work. Cathrine has a M A degree from University of MIchigan, Ann Arbor, and studied qualitative methods training in cultural anthropology and quantitative training in psychology.



Prof David Moore

Professor Moore has spent around 30 years trying to understand Zimbabwean politics, history, and political economy – seven of those have been while he has been teaching at UJ. He’s getting close. When he wants things to seem a bit clearer he dabbles in development ‘theory’.

David Moore has been Professor of Development Studies at the University of Johannesburg since mid-2008. His Phd is from York University in Toronto. He has taught in Canada, Australia, and at the University of KwaZulu-Natal before Johannesburg.

His work is comprised of attempts to theorise development discourse (eg his edited book The World Bank: Development, Poverty, Hegemony, his article “The Second Age of the Third World: From Primitive Accumulation to Global Public Goods?” in Third World Quarterly,200 and his forthcoming “Coercion, Consent, and the Construction of Capitalism in Africa: Development Studies, Political Economy, Politics and the ‘Dark Continent’” in the International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society), as well as studies of the political economy and history of Zimbabwe.


Leslie Mxolisi Dikeni

Leslie Mxolisi Dikeni holds an MSc in Rural Sociology from the University of Wageningen, The Netherlands, and is a doctoral candidate in Urban Sociology at École des Hautes Études Sciences Sociales (Collège de France), Paris, and specialises in social research. His thesis path is Globalisation and Standards: The Case of Mintek in South Africa.

He is a visiting Research Fellow at the school of Public and Development Management, University of the Witwatersrand; a Research Associate at the University of Pretoria at the Department

of Political Sciences, and was previously Senior Researcher: Humanity Faculty at the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA).

His current interests are to understand the impacts of globalisation on the developing countries, in particular, South Africa, and also the social construction of knowledge.

Dikeni is co-editor with William Gumede of the book Poverty of Ideas: The Retreat of Intellectuals in New Democracies and author of SA Development Perspectives in Question. His forthcoming book Habitat and Struggle: The Case of the Kruger National Park is due to be published in July 2016.



Lekgolo Caroline Mayatula

Planning & Development Manager: South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA)

Born in Johannesburg in 1975, being connection with family in rural Ga-Mamaila, schooled at St Scholastic and St Brendance in Limpopo all contributed to her decision to peruse a career in town and regional planning. Ms Mayatula has been in the built environment for over 16 years and she has worked with in both the public and private sector for companies such as the City of Cape Town, the Western Cape Provincial Government, Old Mutual Properties, Mamaila Mayisela & Associates (Planning & Development Consultants), Amdec Property

Development is currently with the SAPOA.

Her view is that the built environment through its various sectors has the ability to positively influence the lives of all the country’s citizens. In order to assist her with making her observations a reality, she has broadened her knowledge base by adding social development and sustainable development to her educational accolades.

She is an active SACPLAN Council member and maintains that there is no better teacher than real actual on-the-job-life experience, hard work and commitment. With that said, she aims to continue looking out for opportunities where she can positively contribute to the improvement and being of service to the industry


Dr. Geci Karuri-Sebina

Dr. Geci Karuri-Sebina has been Executive Manager: Programmes at South African Cities Network, an urban research and learning network, since 2011. She previously worked with South Africa’s National Treasury (Budget Office: Neighbourbood Development Programme), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), and the UCLA Advanced Policy Institute.

Geci’s interests span a range of development foresight, policy, planning and practice topics, particularly relating to urban governance, the built environment, innovation systems, and local development.

Geci holds Master’s degrees in Urban Planning and in Architecture & Urban Design, both from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), and a PhD from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg (planning and innovation systems). She is also a Fellow of the Archbishop Tutu Leadership Programme (of the Africa Leadership Institute and University of Oxford) and an alumnus of the Urban Innovation Leadership Lab (of the Global Leadership Academy).



Lené Le Roux

Lené Le Roux is a SACPLAN approved professional town and regional planner. She is especially trained in the fields of economic development planning, socio-economic sustainability, urban futures, housing, participatory planning and local governance. She has worked across the sectors, as well as the non-governmental and multi-national space. Her core interests lie in achieving urban equity and long-term pan-African sustainability.

Her most recent endeavour is the start-up of a non-profit company called Urbanists for Equity. The basic foundation of this entity is to work collaboratively with other built environment and urbanist

professions. Broadly, it looks at urban systems in different layers and aims to do projects that mitigate inequality in cities. She has also recently been accepted to do her PhD and is interested in looking at the practice, education and theorisation of urban planning on the African continent, through the lens of critical race theory.

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