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CHAPTERIssue 2, October 20
The edition from Africa
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An identiable period in the history or developement of something
03 SummaryandContents
04 EditorsNote
05 CoverStory
FreedomPark,MitchellsPlain:
whatadifferencedesignmakes
to fami lieson theCape F la ts
18 Out o fAf rica
MomentsfromtheContinent
20 Locusofcontrol
Theperceptionofhowmuch control wehavei s
t he open endedq ue st io nwe
a sk w it hi nt hi sp ho to essa y
31 Inter-Face
Thesurface,place,or where two t hi ngs touch
o ther o rmeet . Encar ta
34 Sangoma
Traditionalhealersjointh againstTB
The African Edition.In the second Issue of CHAPTER we visit the Cape Flats, revisit some of its history and look at a design project that has made a big difference
ten families in the Freedom Park informal settlement. Out of Africa looks at the Raghmania Primary School Choir in District 6 . We start a journey
the next few issues when we look at the Locus of Control. In an attempt to climb out, so that we can look at the shape of the box we need to th
apply the construct of internal vs. external Locus of control to contemporary society to explore the perceptions of control. Again we look into the
through her people in Inter-Face and nally end with a snapshot of an essential functional relationship between modern medicine and traditiona
ght against MDR (Multi Drug Resistant )TB.
TheBigpicture,
one
personatatime.
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torsnote.
mustsoonbecomeclearthatsome-
erealongtheline,whatwethought
nrequired(bysurveyingourprevi-
sunderstandingandtheconcomi-
teducationalnancialandpolitical
wsthatleadtohisoptimumdevel-
ment),andwh athe actuallyneeds
asocialorganismdiffersvastlyifwe
callyassessourcurrentstateasa
eciesinthecontextoftheenviron-
ntweinhabit,theenvironmentthat
ourlifesupportsystem.
rhapswecouldtaketheutilityofour
guageandpointitatsomethingdif-
ent?
eIntra-politicsofHumanExperience
dthe transactions of perceptual
angeinaMeaningsBasedEcono-
forexample,wouldputCourtesy
a notionandbehaviourbackinto
placeasalearningoutcomeinthe
ekingofknowledge.
naturethereis atendencyamong
ngorganismstoshowintentionality,
opism,oraturningtowardsome-
ng,liketheclichdmothsfatalat-
ctiontotheopenameofacandle
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on, orthe movementof algae in
ondtoareasofhigherlightinten-
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uralorder, andthus musttoobe
bjecttoaTropism.
s raises the obvious question:
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nto?
e Locus of Control is a construct
mthe eldofpsychologythatas-
ssestheattributionof responsibil-
toeventsinapersonslifeasbeing
hin(internal)oroutsidetherecontrol
ternallocusofcontrol).Whatweas
ocietydoandthedegreeofcontrol
perceivemayholdfurthercluesas
whatitisweneedtobeturningto,
weknowbydeductivelogicwhatit
weneedtoturnawayfrom.Thisisa
rtingpoint.eadventureofnewpossibilitiesisa
ndone.
ouldliketoformallyextendaninvita-
ntoyoutoparticipateinthegrowth
CHAPTER.Ilookforwardtoreceiv-
feedback and more importantly
dforward.
aceandBlessings.
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Freedo
mP
ark,
MitchellsPlain,
CapeFlats,SouthAfrica
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A boy sits eating his orange in the sunshine.
He is oblivious to the all pervasive sand that
brands the Cape ats bastard child of the
Apartheid regime.
Returning home,3 generations, each
one a step further away from a shameful
legacy, walking towards a different future.
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can be no talk of Mitchells Plain without
ning District 6, the institutional destruc-
his once vibrant residential district, and the
emoval of 60,000 people by the Apartheid
ment during the 60s and 70s.
eat Scheme was to keep the cities for t he
and put all the non-whites on the outskirts
h African cities, from where t he non-whites
still access the cities as the labour force.
oup Areas Act was the legislation used to
tely uproot generations and exile them to
dy wastes of the Cape Flats, where to this
architecture of restricted access, divisionernal displacement still functions.
en was the birth of the non-white residential
xes spread across the ats, like Mitchells
Built in the 70s to house the victims of
removals this mega-township now houses
on people according to the City of Cape
Municipality.
Mitchells Plain has more than its fair share
sterism, crime and drugs, yet at the same
asts one of the biggest shopping malls in
Africa. The unemployment rate exceeds
d HIV infection rate is higher t han 35%.
y easy to see how one could be left with
ive impression when faced with such sta-
tistics, which indicate all the right conditions for a
thriving gang and drug culture, let alone crime.
Enter Freedom Park, enter Design Indaba, enter
the 10X10 project. On the 27 April in 1998, an
overgrown eld infamous for drug and gang related
activities was occupied by the rst informal settlers
of Freedom Park. The occupation was motivated
by the need for housing as the existing conditions
were overcrowded expensive and unhealthy.
The City proceeded to take legal action against the
informal settlers, but they rallied themselves into an
organisation and sought legal aid.
In 2003 the City of Cape Town included the Free-
dom Park community in a broader housing devel-opment in which 1800 houses were to be built
on 4 sites in Mitchells Plain, 493 of which were to
accommodate the 280 families residing in Free-
dom Park already and another 213 families on the
Cities waiting list.
Design Indaba, a design organisation based in
South Africa have been committed over the last
15 years to a vision based on the premise that
creativity will fuel an economic revolution in South
Africa.
Besides the agship conference and expo, De-
sign Indaba has expanded into a multi-tiered ex-
perience that incorporates other events, media,
education, training and business development
Encapsulating the best design in a unique project
setting, spin off projects were launched to cele-
brate the 10th anniversary of Design Indaba, one
of them being the Design Indaba 10X10 Housing
Project.
The 10X10 housing project challenged 10 archi-
tectural teams to change the perception that low
cost housing falls outside the ambit of design.
The objective was to come up with affordable,
innovative responses to the very pressing issue
of low-income urban housing. Sustainable, en-
ergy-efcient design, construction and operation
principles were to be incorporated. Experiences
and outputs were to be compiled and ultimatelypresented to the Minister of Housing as an open
source manual, a contribution to the public pool
of knowledge available to all those interested in
the design or construction of low-cost housing on
a completely pro-bono basis. Thus,through col-
laboration with the Freedom Park Development
Association, Development Action Group and the
Niall Mellon Township Trust, Design Indaba 10X10
Housing project was allocated 10 adjacent plots
where a winning design would eventually be built.
Design Indaba undertook to give the houses to 10
Freedom Park families for free, so it was important
that the beneciaries were selected in an equitable
way. A lucky draw of all the families interested in
Marco and their dog in front
r previous home.
Mary and Marcos ca
of many pets they ha
ing with them in the
During the wet Cap
winters the rain com
the shack and pours
the wall next to
bed.
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Mary Lackay.
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ating in this experimental project was done
June 2007.
a Mpahlwa of MMA Architects (Cape
won the design element of the project. The
onsiderations of the project was time, cost
ommunity involvement, which Mpahlwas
constructed of sand bags, took into con-
on.
ouses were constructed using EcoBuild
ogy, identied by MMA Architects as the
ption for sustainability in design. Wooden
lled with sand bags, covered by chicken
d then cement are the basic units that con-
he walls of the houses. The thermal sta-ered by this construction method is ideally
or the hot and the cold of the Cape Town
ackey and Olga Jonker are two of the recip-
the Design Indaba 10X10 Housing Project
a single mother raising her only son, 11
d Marco. She is unemployed, leaving home
ay to search for casual work to put food on
e. It is not uncommon to nd many families
dom Park living on less than a dollar a day.
Design Indaba interview she continues to
about the built in cupboards that would a
part o her dream house. Marco wants a desk in
his own room where he could do his homework,
and a bath so that he can take a warm bath inside
the bathroom that his old home never had. Mary
would like to have a railing going up along the stair-
case because Marco does not see too well. She
mentions that she is security conscious, and with
good reason as the area has a very high crime
rate. In the new house the dogs will stay outside
in the yard, there will be no messing in the new
house,she says.
Olga and Hans Jonker were thrilled that they would
be receiving a house for their family of 6 children.
Together they have been living on the eld for 9years. Olga is excited at the prospect of the chil-
dren having their own privacy, especially since they
are getting older and require their own space.
The construction technique lends itself to commu-
nity involvement, which was constant. The various
families all helped ll the sand bags required for the
construction, as well as the actual placing of the
sandbags.
The woodenF ramecontains the sand bags
andeventuallyshapesthewallsofthehouse.
The Jonker and the Mackay families were the rst
to move into their new homes earlier this year. A
testament t o the dedication and effort of all the
various organisations, associations and sponsors
that prove that a better future by design is a pos-sibility. It also demonstrates the incredible capacity
we can access when we work together.
Olga Jonkers with 2 of her 6
children outside their previous
home.
Compacting of the sand
into the wooden frames.
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The families who participated in the process h
portunity to build their own houses from the grou
skilled labour was then called in to apply the nis
es. Because of the simplicity of the technique,
require much skilled labour in the early stages, w
reduces cost and increases the viability of this
use throughout Cape Town and South Africa.
Photo: Rosemary Lombard
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Hans and Olga stand proudly with
their youngest in front their new
home.
Mary Lackay and Moerida Pillay
watch as the nal touches are add-
ed to the homes they helped build
for themselves.
Photo: Rosemary Lombard
Photo: Rosemary Lombard
Photo: Rosemary Lom
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Out of Africa
Raghmania Primary School choir,District 6.About 33 years after the forced removals tha
place in District 6,the school choir from th
primary school sing for the then president N
Mandela at a ceremony where he handed o
keys to new houses built for the elders of Dis
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The Locus of Control
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Plein str. one of the busier streets in down town
Cape Town. Not for the mundane.
The edge of a township in Cape Town,
named after anti apartheid activist and
one of the founders of the armerd wing
of the ANC, Joe Slovo.
A eld u nder an elctricity Pylon has be-
come the temporary home for hundreds
of families left homeless by a re that rav-
ished the shack land that was their previ-
ous home.Power to the people.
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Voortrekker Road, Cape Town.
Bergie, or homeless person with the trophi
mounted on his mobile home. Some of the
bergies actually opt out of the expectations
civilised society by choice, many have no choic
They also have no mortage payements,no ta
es, no bank statements and no bills to conten
with.
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City+Prot = Inhabitants Out
Grunau, Zurich .Where we liive, where we can
to live, where we are not allowed to live.Gentr
is the phenomenon where communities occupy
area are forced out of that area due to the incre
the market value of their homes. When the Ap
government did it it was clearly wrong, is it acce
to us because property economics and nanc
are responsible?
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Joe Slovo,Cape Town.
Children cheerfully play by the damage caused by
the re.
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Marius Dyers,
School teacher in the Cape Flats with a voice
for opera and a erce dress sense.
Vilancoulos, Mozambique.
Are we deprived by our own ex-
pectations of all the possibilities
that modern life has to offer?
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Oegtie
The only surviving sister
of my grandfather.
Kaashief Booley,
Artist, Blacksmith, Dreamer.
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Sangoma,Worcester, Western Cape.
With the rise of Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis the DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Strategy) is becoming increasingly crucial in the
against this curable killer. Due to the expenses involved in traveling to clinics and hospitals for treatment, the Health Department has enlist
aid of respected members of the community to oversee the treatment on a daily basis. This Sangoma ( Traditional Healer ) invited me to
the consultation area in his shack. The shelves are lined with jars of Muti ( traditional medicines) and as he lights his pipe the hairs on t
of my neck stand upright. He never said what he was doing, though I always felt it to be a greeting of t he Ancestors.
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he above image is a photograph of the hands of a man called Solomon.He was someone who I met on the streets of Cape Town selling cheap
uperglue for a living. He used to belong to a prison gang, he is now no longer a young man, After his wife died, he became the sole provider for his
hildren.
Holding on to what is important in our lives is an individual challenge that we all face. Enduring, persevering and keeping on are qualities we cannot do
without. The magazine you hold in your hand was a test in endurance. A holding on, to the original purpose. Documenting, and tellling peoples stories,
he ones I believe need to be heard. The ones that make us reect upon our common humanity.you would like to buy an original image in this magazine please contact Y.booley at [email protected].
www.yasserbooley.wordpress.com