The work being done the Johannesburg Housing Company (JHC) is remarkable. The Development manager, Anton Gollub, gave us an exposition on social housing development and the regeneration of the Johannesburg inner city. The social housing programmes are playing a pivotal role of addressing the deeply intertwined extraction of social and physical decay that had envisaged Central Johannesburg. Community development and social sustainability are key components in the organisation’s mission. Above responding to the housing needs, the organisation facilitates social support services such as after school homework programmes, inter building sports games, community crèches, cultural events, HIV and AIDS among other initiatives.
As someone who is passionate about issues relating to Corporate Social Responsibility, I learnt some important insights. I got to realise that the concept of social capital parallels that of financial capital. In such a context the concepts social capital incorporates not only the provision of financial and physical assets but also a whole range human and social resources that enables people to bring to bear some control over their own lives by enabling them to finding solutions to the problems they encounter and be able to participate fully in the larger society in meaningful and effective ways.
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