VULOYIMUNI, how research on hostels, housing and intergovernmental relations took me to my roots

125pp., maps, illus., paperback, Unisa Press, Pretoria, 2024

ISBN: 978177640809

In Vuloyimuni Salphinha Ubisi covers her early life: she was raised by a single parent, began working as a hawker and later obtained a PhD. She also includes her research on South Africa's housing crisis. She concludes that the democratic government's Hostel Redevelopment Programme has improved the living conditions of black people in hostels and government housing projects, although it has been undermined by shoddy workmanship by contractors and corrupt tendencies amongst some stakeholders.

Salphina Ubisi holds a PhD in Public Administration from the University of South Africa and lectures at the University of the North West.