Role: Researcher

Gilbert has completed his first semester at UCT with great aplomb, and is currently undertaking an internship with the Zambian affiliate of Shack/Slum Dwellers International, known as People’s Process on Housing and Poverty in Zambia (PPHPZ). His activities have included monitoring housing demolitions associated with the (currently underway) Lusaka Ring Road Project. Gilbert holds an MSc. in City and Regional Planning from the University of Cape Town and he is currently completing his Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning also at UCT.