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Township housing and South Africa’s ‘financial explosion’

The theory and practice of financial capital in Alexandra

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Bond, P. Township housing and South Africa’s ‘financial explosion’. Urban Forum 1, 39–67 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03036573

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