Andreas Scheba

Creator

Andreas Scheba

Enabling grassroots solutions to the urban housing problem

NGOs have a valuable role to play in solving the issues of small-scale rental housing

Ivan Turok
Chuma Giyose
Claudia Hitzeroth
Zama Mgwatyu
Andreas Scheba

Waste not, want not: A woman sorting plastic items from trash to be sold at recycling shops in Manila. The city – and the country – is organised into barangays, and refuse collection and recycling schemes are the responsibility of this fourth tier of government. (Maria Tan/AFP)

How to refresh SA’s jaded democracy

We should look to the Philippines, where barangays, or neighbourhood governments, help to empower communities

Ivan Turok
Andreas Scheba