Abstract
This paper aims to show the reverse side of the (football) medal. The N2 gateway project in Cape Town is presented, by government and media, as a 'flagship' project of the new Breaking New Ground strategy, to fight the housing backlog of 400,000 houses in the city. But I want to argue that the fast-tracking of the project has to be understood as a beautification strategy to prepare the city for 2010. Massive slum eradication and the construction of 'beautiful formal housing opportunities' between the airport and the mother city are becoming a painful reminder of the forced removals under the apartheid regime.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 93-108 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Urban Forum |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Beautification processes
- Breaking new ground
- Cape Town
- Mega events
- Slum eradication
- Urban development
