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Post-apartheid transition in a small South African town: interracial property transfer in Margate, KwaZulu-Natal

Post-apartheid transition in a small South African town: interracial property transfer in Margate, KwaZulu-Natal
Post-apartheid transition in a small South African town: interracial property transfer in Margate, KwaZulu-Natal
Post-apartheid transition in South Africa's small towns has received little attention. Using the South African Property Transfer Guide, 2500 residential transfers were analysed in Margate. Spatial and temporal patterns in Black house purchase were interpreted through discussions with key actors. The findings indicate the importance of micro-dynamics in determining specific post-apartheid transitions and confirm the relationship between racial employment profiles and housing markets. Black in-movement to previously White areas has focused on Extension 3, where private building of low-cost housing has occurred, but the area is now becoming resegregated. Whilst peripheral housing need not imply exclusion from services in small towns, unpaid mortgage bills and municipal rates have led to repossessions and affected the credit status of new Black buyers.

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7-30
Lemon, Anthony
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Clifford, David
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Lemon, Anthony
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Clifford, David
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Lemon, Anthony and Clifford, David (2005) Post-apartheid transition in a small South African town: interracial property transfer in Margate, KwaZulu-Natal. Urban Studies, 42 (1), 7-30. (doi:10.1080/0042098042000309676).

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Post-apartheid transition in South Africa's small towns has received little attention. Using the South African Property Transfer Guide, 2500 residential transfers were analysed in Margate. Spatial and temporal patterns in Black house purchase were interpreted through discussions with key actors. The findings indicate the importance of micro-dynamics in determining specific post-apartheid transitions and confirm the relationship between racial employment profiles and housing markets. Black in-movement to previously White areas has focused on Extension 3, where private building of low-cost housing has occurred, but the area is now becoming resegregated. Whilst peripheral housing need not imply exclusion from services in small towns, unpaid mortgage bills and municipal rates have led to repossessions and affected the credit status of new Black buyers.

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Published date: 2005

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Local EPrints ID: 80296
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/80296
ISSN: 0042-0980
PURE UUID: c3f5afd8-59e6-4127-870d-6c02d6e961df
ORCID for David Clifford: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5347-0706

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Date deposited: 24 Mar 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:51

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Author: Anthony Lemon
Author: David Clifford ORCID iD

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