Marie Huchzermeyer

Marie Huchzermeyer is an academic and public intellectual at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Books Huchzermeyer, M., (2004). Unlawful Occupation: Informal Settlements and Urban Policy in South Africa and Brazil. Africa World Press/The Red Sea Press, Trenton New Jersey. Huchzermeyer, M., (2011). Tenement Cities: From 19th Century Berlin to 21st Century Nairobi. Africa World Press/The Red Sea Press, Trenton New Jersey. Huchzermeyer, M., (2011).Cities with ‘Slums’: From Informal Settlement Eradication to a Right To The City In Africa University of Cape Town Press, Cape Town

Co-edited books Huchzermeyer, M. and Karam, A. (eds.) (2006) Informal Settlements – A Perpetual Challenge? Juta/UCT Press, Cape Town. Guest Editor of South African Review of Sociology (formerly Society in Transition), 37(1) 2006 Special Issue on ‘Informal Settlements and Access to Land’ (South African and international contributors). Harrison, P., Huchzermeyer, M., Mayekiso, M. (eds.) (2003). Confronting Fragmentation: Housing and Urban Development in a Democratising Society. UCT Press, Cape Town.

Newspaper articles Ruling in Abahlali case lays solid foundation to build on, Business Day, 4 November 2009 Listen to the Shack Dwellers, Mail & Guardian, June 2009 (with Kerry Chance and Mark Hunter) Reply to KZN Slums Act Judgment, Witness, March 2009 Slums Law Based on Flawed Interpretation of UN Goals, Business Day, May 2008 Uplift slums, don't destroy them, The Mercury, July 2007 KZN Slum Elimination Bill: A Step Back, The Mercury, March 2007 Elimination of the poor in KwaZulu Natal, March 2007 Intuthuko vs Ufuduko: Yini umasipala weTheku ephoqa ukuthi imijondolo ukuba ifuduke?. Izwe Labampofu, January 2007