World bank working paper no 130 in search of land and housing in the new south africa the case of ethembalethu stephen berrisford dave degroot michael kihato ntombini marrengane zimkhitha mhlanga rogier van den brink the world bank washington dc wp 130 fmqxd 1 11 08 1034 am page i. This study analyzes the difficulties a poor community experienced in accessing peri urban land in south africa this community composed largely of laid off farm workers wanted to buy their own farm in a peri urban area west of johannesburg to establish a mixed use settlement. In search of land and housing in the new south africa the case of ethembalethu english abstract this study analyzes the difficulties a poor community experienced in accessing peri urban land in south africa. The case of ethembalethu is not unique millions of black south africans live in the peri urban areas yet government programs development planning and environmental regulations and the current land and housing markets do not support realization of their aspirations to become homeowners on sites of their choice. During the 90s most countries in latin america and the caribbean region lcr supported by the world bank implemented a market oriented reform in the energy sector to promote competition economic regulation and greater private sector participation as the main instruments to improve the quality reliability and efficiency of energy services and improve the governments fiscal position and