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The rise or fall of the ‘community’? Post-apartheid housing policy in Diepsloot, Johannesburg

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    Claire Bénit (Lecturer)

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Bénit, C. The rise or fall of the ‘community’? Post-apartheid housing policy in Diepsloot, Johannesburg. Urban Forum 13, 47–66 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-002-0013-2

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