Assessing public participation strategies in low-income housing.  The Mamre Housing ProjectBecause of South Africa’s turbulent past, the disenfranchised majority was deprived of many basic human fights. Public participation in housing issues was a light reserved for the white minority. Today,  as a democratic state. The  Constitution (South Africa, 1996), is the supreme and sovereign law of our country. considers access to proper housing a basic enjoyed by all of South Africa. Public participation processes are encapsulated within various legislation mandates such as the integrated development plans, the white paper on Local Government, and the white paper on Transformation of Public Service Delivery.