The Dunoon protests, the politics of inequality
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In Dunoon two-thirds of the approximately 14,400 households live in backyard shacks or informal settlements. These residents are referred to as backyarders, people who live in the yards of other people’s homes. They usually live in shacks, and they pay rent. In March 2016 protests broke out over the lack of housing in the area and the conditions in which people live. Following the unrest, immigrants’ shops in Dunoon were looted and destroyed. We speak to
Guest: Prof. Jeremey Seekings
Position: Director: Centre for Social Science Research at UCT, his current major research projects include the politics of inequality, the history of welfare state-building in the global South and violence.
Guest: Prof. Jeremey Seekings
Position: Director: Centre for Social Science Research at UCT, his current major research projects include the politics of inequality, the history of welfare state-building in the global South and violence.
