Question | Answer | Description | Datasource and Evidence | Comment |
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Is there a clear breakdown of budgets reserved for informal settlement upgrading in the city's capital budget? | Partial Evidence | City governments should clearly indicate the proportion of capital budgets, like the Urban Settlements Development Grant, is reserved for informal settlement upgrading. |
IDP 2021/22, City profile 2020 | R150919 million has been ring fenced, USDG Grant R731 955 210 |
Does the budget align with the municipal targets for upgrading informal settlements? | Partial Evidence | There should be a clear alignment between the strategy and the budgets allocated to implement that strategy. |
IDP 2021/22, City profile 2020 | The alignment of the budget is not clear, and no specific allocation of ISUPG |
What percentage of municipal capital budget is reserved for upgrading informal settlements? | Partial Evidence | City governments should clearly indicate the proportion of capital budgets, like the Urban Settlements Development Grant, is reserved for informal settlement upgrading. |
IDP 2021/22, City profile 2020 | Not clear |
Is there a clear statement of the assessment and categorisation of informal settlements? | Strong Evidence | The HDA has developed guidelines to assess informal settlements. The following categories are used: A: Full upgrade - consisting of full services, top-structures and formal tenure B1: Interim basic services - where/full upgradingis feasible but not imminent B2: Emergency basic services - Where full upgrading is not viable or appropriate C: Relocations - Where there are urgent health or safety threats |
IDP 2021/22, City profile 2020 | Categories: in situ upgrading, relocation and township extension |
Is the rapid assessment and categorisation an appropriate response to the nature and extent of informality? | Partial Evidence | Determining the appropriateness of the city government's assessment and categorisation is a qualitative appraisal by Isandla Institute |
IDP 2021/22, City profile 2020 | The city government has an appropriate strategy |
Has a systematic assessment and categorisation of informal settlements been carried out? | Strong Evidence | HDA guidelines recommend that city governments conduct a rapid assessment and categorisation of informal settlements. |
IDP 2021/22, City profile 2020 | Informal Settlements Upgrading Strategy (ISUS) / Informal Settlements Resettlement Plan (ISRP) |
Does the council have an official informal settlements upgrading strategy? | Strong Evidence | Every city should have an informal settlement upgrading strategy articulated in their core municipal doucmentation. |
IDP 2021/22, City profile 2020 | ISUS (2013) |
Is the city council's adopted strategy appropriate response to the scale of informality? | Strong Evidence | This indicator is a qualitative assessment by Isandla Institute when taking into account the nature of the upgrading strategy. |
IDP 2021/22, City profile 2020 | The strategy responds to the scale of informality. Detail has improved from previous years. Details such as expenditure and settlements upgraded are stated as well as displayed visually on maps. |
Is the essence of the upgrading strategy upfront apparent? | Partial Evidence | Every strategy should be clearly state, without ambiguity and uncertainty, what the city's strategy of upgrading informal settlements is. In this way, citizens can hold their governments to account. |
IDP 2021/22, City profile 2020 | The strategy indicates that incremental upgrading, sites and service and prevention of new settlements is preferred. This is tied together with sites that are displayed in the broader context of the spatial make of the city. |
Has a department been assigned to take responsibility for the strategy? | Strong Evidence | A leading department needs to take responsibility for the strategy. |
IDP 2021/22, City profile 2020 | Department of Human Settlemta |
Is there a clear indication of the extent of housing demand/ backlog? | Strong Evidence | It is important to know if the city government is prioritising housing as a response to informal settlements. |
IDP 2021/22, City profile 2020 | 31149 |
How many houses are delivered per annum? | Partial Evidence | Knowing the annual housing delivery rate will provide evidence of whether the city government can meet the needs of informal settlements through the conventional housing programme. |
IDP 2021/22, City profile 2020 | 24 being formalised and upgraded as of 2020 |
Timeframe to eradicate backlog conventionally (years) | Partial Evidence | This indicator seeks to understand if the city government can realistically deliver each informal settlement household a house in a reasonable (<15 years) time period |
IDP 2021/22, City profile 2020 | Not clear |
# HH living in informal settlements | Strong Evidence | The number of households residing in informal settlements across the entire city. |
IDP 2021/22, City profile 2020 | 31071 (11,7% of households - 265560) |
# of IS (smallest unit defined) | Strong Evidence | Informal settlements are differently defined by cities, and are sometimes called settlements, pockets, or clusters. The number presented here is the smallest measurable unit. |
IDP 2021/22, City profile 2020 | 53 |
Annual IS growth rate | Strong Evidence | The growth rate of informal settlements is calculated by comparing census 2001 and 2011 data. |
IDP 2021/22, City profile 2020 | 13,6% (increase over five years since 2013 grew from 28 to 47) |
% of municipal population | Strong Evidence | This figure represents the proportion of the city's population living in informal settlements. In other words, one in ten people live in an informal settlement. |
IDP 2021/22, City profile 2020 | 12% |
% of Provincial total | Strong Evidence | This figure indicates that 41% of informal settlements in the Eastern Cape Province is located in East London. |
IDP 2021/22, City profile 2020 | 30% |
# of people living in informal settlements | Strong Evidence | By multiplying the number of households with the city's average household size according to census 2011 data, we get a sense of how many people live in informal settlements |
IDP 2021/22, City profile 2020 | 93 905 |