481
Views
10
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Urban Land Management and its Discontents: A Case Study of the Swaziland Urban Development Project (SUDP)

Pages 797-812 | Received 07 Sep 2014, Accepted 23 Jul 2015, Published online: 26 Jan 2016

References

  • Abbink, J., & de Bruijn, M. (2011). Land, law and politics in Africa: Mediating conflict and reshaping the state. Leiden: Brill.
  • Amanor, K. S., & Moyo, S. (Eds.). (2008). Land and sustainable development in Africa. London: Zed Books.
  • Beall, J., Mkhize, S., & Vawda, S. (2005). Emergent democracy and ‘resurgent’ tradition: Institutions, chieftaincy and transition in KwaZulu-Natal. Journal of Southern African Studies, 31, 755–771. doi:10.1080/03057070500370530
  • Beall, J., & Ngonyama, M. (2009). Indigenous institutions, traditional leaders and elite coalitions for development: The case of Greater Durban, South Africa. Crisis States Research Centre (Working Papers Series No. 2). London: LSE.
  • Benda-Beckmann, F. (2001). Legal pluralism and social justice in economic and political development. IDS Bulletin, 32(1), 46–56. doi:10.1111/idsb.2001.32.issue-1
  • Berg, B. L. (2007). Qualitative research methods for the social sciences. Boston, MA: Pearson Allyn and Bacon.
  • Berry, S. (1989). Social institutions and access to resources. Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, 59, 41–55. doi:10.2307/1160762
  • Berry, S. (2001). Chiefs know their boundaries: Essays on property, power, and the past in Asante, 1896–1996. Oxford: James Currey Ltd.
  • Booth, A. R. (1983). Swaziland: Tradition and change in a southern African Kingdom. Boulder, CO: Westview.
  • Davies, R. H., O’Meara, D., & Dlamini, S. (1985). The Kingdom of Swaziland. London: Zed Books.
  • Davis, M. (2006). Planet of slums. London: Verso.
  • De Groot, D. (1989). Urbanization in Swaziland. A report for USAID/Swaziland. Mbabane: RHUDO/E&SA.
  • De Soto, H. (1989). The other path: The invisible revolution in the Third World. New York, NY: Harper & Row.
  • Delville, L. P. (2000). Harmonising formal law and customary land rights in French-speaking West Africa. In C. Toulmin & J. Quan (Eds.), Evolving land rights, policy and tenure in Africa (pp. 97–122). London: DFID/IIED/NRI.
  • Durand-Lasserve, A., & Royston, L. (Eds.). (2002). Holding their ground: Secure land tenure for the urban poor in developing countries. London: Earthscan.
  • Forster, P. G., & Nsibande, B. J. (2000). Contemporary social and economic issues. Hampshire: Ashgate.
  • Goodfellow, T., & Lindemann, S. (2013). The clash of institutions: Traditional authority, conflict and the failure of ‘hybridity’ in Buganda. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 51(1), 3–26. doi:10.1080/14662043.2013.752175
  • Hoek-Smit, M. (1989). Housing markets in Swaziland: Update of the 1988 housing and household survey. Mbabane: World Bank.
  • Hoek-Smit, M. C. (1988). Low-income housing in Swaziland. Prepared for the ministry of natural resources, land utilization and energy. Mbabane: World Bank.
  • Huchzermeyer, M., & Karam, A. (2006). Informal settlements: A perpetual challenge. Cape Town: UCT Press.
  • Langwenya, M. (2013). Swaziland: Justice and the rule of law. A review by the AfriMap and the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa. Open Society Foundation. Retrieved from http://www.osisa.org/sites/default/files/afrimap_swz_justice_sector_main_text_web.pdf
  • Leach, M., Mearns, R., & Scoones, I. (1999). Environmental entitlements: Dynamics and institutions in community-based natural resource management. World Development, 27, 225–247. doi:10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00141-7
  • Levin, R. (1997). When the sleeping grass awakens: Land and power in Swaziland. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press.
  • Lowsby, J., & De Groot, D. (2007). A brief history of urban development and upgrading in Swaziland. Mbabane: Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.
  • Lund, C. (2008). Local politics and the dynamics of property in Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Lund, C. (2013). The past and space: On arguments in African land control. Africa, 83(1), 14–35.
  • Lund, C., & Boone, C. (2013). Introduction: Land politics in Africa – Constituting authority over territory, property and persons. Africa, 83(1), 1–13. doi:10.1017/S000197201200068X
  • Mackenzie, F. (1996). Conflicting claims to custom: Land and law in Central Province, Kenya, 1912-52. Journal of African Law, 40(1), 62–77. doi:10.1017/S0021855300007130
  • Macmillan, H. (1985). Swaziland: Decolonisation and the triumph of ‘tradition’. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 23(4), 643–666. doi:10.1017/S0022278X00055014
  • Mamdani, M. (1996). Citizens and subjects, contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism. Kampala: Fountain.
  • Manzini City Council. (2003/2004). Annual Report. Manzini: Author.
  • Manzini City Council. (2009). Minutes of the Moneni plot allocations committee meeting, 6 October 2009. Manzini. Unpublished.
  • Manzini Town Council. (1982). Minute of chairman (Councillor P.M. Mthimkulu) for the Civic year 1981/1982, 4 June 1982. Manzini. Unpublished.
  • Matsebula, J. S. M. (1987). A history of Swaziland. Cape Town: Longman.
  • Mehta, L., Leach, M., Newell, P., Scoones, I., Sivaramakrishnan, K., & Way, S. (1999). Exploring understandings of institutions and uncertainty: New directions in natural resource management (Institute of Development Studies Discussion Paper, 372). Brighton: IDS.
  • Miles-Mafafo, M. (2001). Fantasies of development and housing provision for all? Revisiting urbanization issues in Swaziland. Urban Forum, 12, 107–118. doi:10.1007/s12132-001-0005-7
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. (1911). Crown Lands Disposal Act. Mbabane: Author.
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. (1968). The Building and Housing Act 34. Mbabane: Author.
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. (1969). The Urban Government Act 8/1969. Mbabane: Author.
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. (1993). Urban development project overview, Technical Report 2-Volume 1, Swaziland urban and industrial infrastructure project, Phase II-Project preparation consultancy. Mbabane: Author.
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. (1994). Resettlement and compensation policy swaziland urban development project. Mbabane: Author.
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. (1995). Rating Act. Mbabane: Author.
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. (1999). Meeting between minister of housing and urban development and Moneni princes, 6 August 1999. Mbabane. Unpublished.
  • Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. (2005). Swaziland constitution. Mbabane: Author.
  • Mkhonta, P. B. (2007). Local government in Swaziland: Requirement for competent administration in urban areas (PhD Thesis). University of Pretoria, Pretoria.
  • Moyo, S. (2005). The land question in Zimbabwe. Harare: Sapes Books.
  • Muzvidziwa, V. N., & Zamberia, A. M. (2006). Urbanization and development in Swaziland. Manzini: JAN Publishing Centre.
  • Payne, G. K. (2002). Land rights and innovation. London: ITDG.
  • Peters, P. E. (2004). Inequality and social conflict over land in Africa. Journal of Agrarian Change, 4(3), 269–314. doi:10.1111/j.1471-0366.2004.00080.x
  • Platteu, J. (2000). Does Africa need land reform? In C. Toulmin & J. Quan (Eds.), Evolving land rights, policy and tenure in Africa (pp. 51–74). London: DFID/IIED.
  • Prinz, B. R. (1976). Urbanization and political change: A study of urban local government in Swaziland (PhD thesis). University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Rose, L. (1992). The politics of harmony: Land dispute strategies in Swaziland. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
  • Salam, A., & Sibandze, F. M. (2004). Living conditions in informal settlements and people’s perceptions of their conditions in Swaziland: Case study of Sicelwini. African Journal of Environmental Assessment and Management, 8, 31–56.
  • Sihlongonyane, M. (2004). Local economic development in Swaziland: The case of Manzini City. Urban Forum, 14, 244–263. doi:10.1007/s12132-003-0013-x
  • Simelane, H. (2002). The state, landlords and the squatter problem in post-colonial Swaziland. Journal of Modern African Studies, 36, 329–354.
  • Simelane, H. (2012). The monarchy, land contests and conflicts in post-colonial Swaziland. Ubuntu, 1(1&2), 232–254.
  • Simelane, H. Y. (2013). The interplay of urban land tenurial systems and its effects on the poor: A case study of Manzini in Swaziland (PhD thesis). University of Sussex, Brighton.
  • SUDP Valuation Report. (2008). Final report: Urban development project evaluation (Vol. 1). Mbabane: Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.
  • Swaziland Central Statistical Office. (2007). Swaziland population and housing census 2007. Mbabane: CSO.
  • Swaziland Central Statistics Office. (2012). Swaziland demographics and housing survey. Mbabane: CSO.
  • Swaziland Government. (1961). Town planning act. Mbabane: Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.
  • Swaziland Government. (1988). Human settlement act. Mbabane: Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.
  • Swaziland Government. (1995). Swaziland national physical development plan (1996–2006). Mbabane: Author.
  • Swaziland Government. (2006). A poverty reduction strategy and action programme. Mbabane: Ministry of Economic Planning and Development.
  • Swaziland Surveyor General. (2011). Ministry of natural resources and energy. Mbabane: Swaziland Surveyor General Office.
  • Takirambudde, P. N. (1983). External law and social structure in an African context: An essay about normative imposition and survival in Swaziland. The Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa, 16, 209–228.
  • Tevera, D., & Simelane, N. (2014). Food for the urban poor: Safety nets and food-based social protection in Manzini, Swaziland. Urban Forum, 25, 241–252. doi:10.1007/s12132-014-9226-4
  • The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. (1996). UN-HABITAT II Swaziland draft national report, prepared for the ‘City Summit’ United Nations conference on human settlement. Mbabane: Author.
  • Williams, G., Meth, P., & Willis, K. (2009). Geographies of developing areas: The global South in a changing world. London: Routledge.
  • World Bank. (2002). Upgrading low-income settlements: Country Assessment Report. Washington, DC: Author.
  • World Bank. (2005). Swaziland – Urban Development Project: Implementation and Completion (Report No. 3349). Retrieved from http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/6343393/swaziland-urban-development-project
  • Yin, R. K. (2004). Case study research: Design and methods (3rd ed.). London: Sage.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.