The Victoria Mxenge housing project : : women building communities through social activism and informal learning / / Salma Ismail.

"At the beginning of South Africa's democratic change, in 1994, the Victoria Mxenge Housing Project was founded by a group of 12 women who lived in shacks on the barren outskirts of Cape Town. These women had come from rural areas and were poor, vulnerable and semi-literate. Yet they learn...

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Place / Publishing House:Claremont [South Africa] : : UCT Press,, [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (193 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Setting the contexts
  • Popular education and development
  • Phase one (1992-1998) : Building houses and communities
  • Phase two (1998-2001) : Leading a social movement
  • Phase three (2001-2003) : Becoming service providers
  • Reflections on learning in a social movement
  • The challenge of independence (2003-2012).