HDA Seeks Investors to Drive SA’s Shift from Traditional Housing Delivery to Integrated Urban Development
Views and News with Clarence Ford · 3 June 2026 · 20m
Speaker 1: And another very important conversation on housing. And I think it is so important for Speaker 1: us to understand the value of models that are a little more exclusive and very Speaker 1: different to the models that we are aware of in terms of town planning and Speaker 1: the apparteic models. Speaker 2: How we need to maybe back engineer that. Speaker 1: Take for example, this voice note, it's text note, let me read it text note Speaker 1: on WhatsApp, and that what'sppen is seven two five six seven one five sixty seven. Speaker 1: It's a legitimate fear and we need to talk to those fears with facts. So Speaker 1: Boopy writes in Somersetwest George uh Is, it's it's rubbish. Look at Japan or any Speaker 1: first world countries. A senior manager in Japan live one hour away by train in Speaker 1: joe Burgh, Durban p and many big cities. The poor have moved into the center Speaker 1: of the towns. You don't need any government initiative as they are very political and Speaker 1: looking for folks. All these current the towns are essentially very dirty and our slums. Speaker 1: How is the owner of an expensive home going to live next to the low Speaker 1: cost home. They have money, so they will move out. The whole town will turn Speaker 1: into a slam Okay, it's a fear, and I wouldn't suggest it's an unfounded fear Speaker 1: because we have urban developments. If you look at Pe you can see badly managed Speaker 1: cities will decay. If you look at Joe Berg the extent of that particular decay. Speaker 1: So I do not have the means to argue Boope's position,…
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