Cape Town Urbanization

Anaya Roy (2011), has characterised the development of megacities as having resulted in a metonym for underdevelopment. While Gordon McGranah, Daniel Schensul and Gayatri Sing (2011), on the other hand see urbanization as an opportunity of eliminating discriminatory exclusion. South Africa is no exception to the growing global trend of urbanization as it is one of the most urbanised countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Turok and Borel-Salandi, 2013:2).The notion of inclusion shared by McGranah et al (2011) is located in the idea that the growing spatial concentration of population generates efficiencies, which lower the costs and promote increased economic activity (Turok and McGranahan, 2013).According to the World Bank (2015), in 2060 there’ll

The concept of global cities has been underpinned by themes such as; dominance in world affairs, population size, political and economic, social and cultural infrastructure (Lemanski 2007: 448). Lemanski further argues, that it does however, allow for fluidity and thus the inclusion of Sothern countries such as; Hong Kong, Singapore and Sao Paulo (Lemanski 2007: 449). The pressures on poor countries in seeking inclusion in the global competiveness with cities such as New York and London, have subsequently geared resources towards global posturing (Lemanski 2007: 449). The aspiration of cities wanting to be modelled in the image of these dominant Mega cities The essence of Lemanski (2007) argument, is that Cape Town has been included at the table of global cities however, falling prey growing quagmire of upholding global competiveness and addressing domestic socioeconomic redistribution. One of the areas of focus of eth paper is how the developmental state prioritises domestic inclusion with international inclusion through the cultivation of megacities. This is carried out through analysing where the cultivation of township economy is located within the discourse of

Davis (2004: 10), goes over and above the notion of a need for economic inclusion at the global cities table but paints a picture that speaks of- “global forces pushing people from the countryside- mechanization in Java and India, food imports in Mexico, Haiti and Kenya, civil war and drought throughout Africa”- to name but a few. The residue being the formation of lively hoods known as informal settlements/ township the favela; and in 2003 to be referred to by the globe as Slums by UN- Habited (Davis 2004: 11). Locating much of the challenge of urban poverty in the market centric neoliberal policies pushed by role players such as the IMF through structural adjustment programmes (Davis 2004: 11).

South Africa’s cities and towns continue to be plagued by the legacy of racial segregation, poverty and exclusion from social and economic opportunities for many in the periphery. Townships are mainly dominated by residential housing for low-income people The Department of Cooperative and Traditional Affairs (COCGTA) has draft a policy framework Integrated Urban Development Frameworks (IUDF) with the aim of guiding “development of inclusive, resilient and liveable urban