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The Failure of the Ellis Park Development Project in Johannesburg

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The Games of Land Dispossession

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Abstract

In the wake of previous revitalization schemes, the municipality of Johannesburg decided to build on the 2010 World Cup symbolic appeal to redevelop an area at the eastern fringe of the inner city, where the Ellis Park Stadium is located. The Greater Ellis Park Development (GEPD) project aimed to transform six impoverished neighborhoods. This chapter aims to analyze the domination strategy employed in the land clearance process of the GEPD. The primary goal is to comprehend the nature of this strategy, including its force–consent equilibrium, which is demonstrated by the tactics implemented to address anti-eviction groups, their different types and the degree of significance of each tactics. To achieve this, the same methodological procedures outlined in Chapter 1 and deployed in the other previous chapters are followed, involving a thorough analysis of 37 institutional documents, 31 media files, and 16 interviews conducted by the author.

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Omena, E. (2023). The Failure of the Ellis Park Development Project in Johannesburg. In: The Games of Land Dispossession. Marx, Engels, and Marxisms. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7536-5_4

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