Housing Delivery Fuelled Xenophobic Attacks – HSRC Report
The Department of Housing has dismissed suggestions in a Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) report that dissatisfaction over housing delivery was one of the key reasons behind the xenophobic violence this year.
HSRC chief research specialist in the democracy and governance research programme, Adrian Hadland, points out that 36 focus groups convened in the troubled communities in four different areas immediately after the violence. The report had repeatedly cited a major grievance that foreigners have houses when, in fact, they did not.
Hadland, who states that housing was not the only trigger, also blames the violence on other factors such as rising inflation, unemployment and deepening poverty.
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HSRC chief research specialist in the democracy and governance research programme, Adrian Hadland, points out that 36 focus groups convened in the troubled communities in four different areas immediately after the violence. The report had repeatedly cited a major grievance that foreigners have houses when, in fact, they did not.
Hadland, who states that housing was not the only trigger, also blames the violence on other factors such as rising inflation, unemployment and deepening poverty.
To read the article titled, “Housing link to violence denied,” click here.
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<br /> Business Day
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