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Southern African organisations

• FinMark Trust
  FinMark Trust aims to promote and support policy and institutional development to increase access to financial services by the un- and under-banked in Africa. Established in March 2002 with funding from the UK's Department for International Development (DFID), FinMark Trust is an independent trust whose business is controlled by five trustees from countries in southern Africa.

• South African Cities Network
  The South African Cities Network, an initiative of the Minister for Provincial and Local Government and nine city municipalities, in partnership with the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), encourages the exchange of information, experience and best practices on urban development and city management.

• "eProp" - Your Commercial Property MarketPlace
  eProp offers all stakeholders in the commercial property industry customised online products that facilitate the creation of a commercial property marketplace. A key principle of the initiative is the generation and dissemination of reliable property market data to the investment and broader business communities.

• SA Property Investor
  The online resource for all South African property investors. Contains information on investment opportunities, upcoming events and seminars, market trends, property financing and management.

• Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN) Land Theme
  The SARPN is a non-profit organisation that promotes debate and knowledge sharing on poverty reduction processes and experiences in southern Africa. SARPN aims to contribute towards effective reduction of poverty in the countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) through creating platforms for effective pro-poor policy, strategy and practice.

• South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA)
  SAPOA was established in 1966 by the leading property investment organisations to bring together all role players in the commercial property field and create a powerful platform for property investors. It is recognized as the representative body and official voice of the commercial and industrial property industry in South Africa, with a combined portfolio in excess of R150 billion. SAPOA members control approximately 90% of all commercial and industrial property in SA.

• Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE)
  An independent policy research and advocacy organisation, the CDE is one of South Africa's leading development think tanks, focusing on critical national development issues and their relationship to economic growth and democratic consolidation. CDE formulates practical policy proposals outlining ways in which South Africa can tackle major social and economic challenges. It has a special focus on the role of business and markets in development.

• Church Land Programme
  The Church Land Programme is a South African non-governmental organisation that works with people, churches and land. It seeks to improve the lives of people involved with land issues and/or with church owned land, paying particular attention to women and the poorest. It also works for the sustainable use of the land, so as to benefit future generations. The programme promotes a just and moral land reform programme, helping the church and government to critically reflect and develop its relationship with the land and land-users.

• Abahlali baseMjondolo
  The Abahlali baseMjondolo (Shack Dwellers) Movement began in Durban, South Africa, in early 2005. The movement's key demand is for 'Land & Housing in the City' but it has also successfully politicised and fought for an end to forced removals and for access to education and the provision of water, electricity, sanitation, health care and refuse removal as well as bottom-up popular democracy.

• SHiFT: Social Housing Focus Trust
  Established in 2000, SHiFT is a section 21 Company with section 18A status, aimed at creating sustainable communities that contribute to the transformation of the South African society. The organisation aims to critically engage with the social housing sector in South Africa by promoting an integrated approach to the planning and delivery of social housing.