Abstract
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate certain development patterns associated with informal settlement in the south-eastern Cape coastal zone in order to develop an understanding of their apparent sudden appearance on the coastal landscape towards the end of the 1980s. The study, which describes the informal housing situation in the coastal zone up to 2003, was accomplished by means of a questionnaire submitted to local authorities, followed by personal interviews, and 1996 population census data. A total of 111 informal settlements comprising of over 50 800 shacks was recorded in 1995. in an attempt by local authorities to alleviate the housing backlog, the number of settlements decreased to 93 and the number of shacks to 39 250 in 2003. The largest of these settlements (i.e. site-and-service schemes) were found in Port Elizabeth. Current distribution patterns of informal settlements could largely be attributed to past planning policies. The impact of the lifting of influx control in 1986 on the informal settlements west of Port Elizabeth is clearly noticeable. A large proportion (>60%) of inhabitants of these settlements originated from the Eastern Cape and the former homelands.
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