Slovo Park at a Glance

Slovo Park is situated in a politically and socially sensitive stretch of land south of Soweto. The community has been known by national government as Nancefield, by local council as Olifantsvlei and in the last five years as Slovo Park – named in honour of South Africa’s first minister of housing and former Umkhonto we Sizwe General, Joe Slovo.

The forced changing of identity reflects an on-going struggle faced by the leadership of Slovo Park to gain recognition as a legitimate settlement to access governmental support. This battle has been fought through constant shifts in governmental policy, power and promises for the community of Slovo Park. Their only tactics comprising of service delivery protest, painstaking formal requests for upgrade and currently a lawsuit against the City of Johannesburg.

Currently the community of Slovo Park with its development partners are strategizing this key social and political move.


THIS SITE SERVES AS A PORTAL FOR THE COMMUNITY OF SLOVO PARK & THE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS TO SHARE THE JOURNEY OF RE-DEVELOPMENT.


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Thursday, November 7, 2013

DAY 4: Concrete!

DAY 4  - The expected arrival of concrete!!!!!

The arrival of tyres!!!

Testing out the tyres.


The boys playing around with the tyres before they get cast into the concrete.

Digging the trench for the tyre to be cast into.

Making sure that the tyre doesn't go anywhere...

Setting out the tyres around the trenches to later hold the shuttering in place.

Having a little fun with the tyres.

They're so bouncy...

And comfortable too...



And so we being laying out the DPC in preparation of the concrete.
Followed by some re-enforcement.

the arrival of the concrete truck ... let the hard work begin

 the first batch of concrete is poured .
concrete is being spread out to allow for accuracy and a smooth finish 

we see how dedicated the team of students are ...making sure the whole site is filled with concrete.
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