South Africans are going off the service grid: what happens when citizens replace the state?

By Christina Culwick Fatti, Senior researcher, urban sustainability transitions, environmental governance and resilience, University of the Western Cape
Charlotte Lemanski, Professor of Urban Geography, University of Cambridge
Fiona Anciano, Associate professor, University of the Western Cape
Margot Rubin, Lecturer in Spatial Planning, Cardiff University

South Africa’s constitution promises all citizens access to adequate housing and basic services – water, security, sanitation and electricity. In practice, people from rich to poor experience persistent water cuts, sewage overflows, electricity blackouts and uneven policing. Fiona Anciano, Charlotte Lemanski, Christina Culwick Fatti and Margot Rubin are urban researchers who…

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