ABSTRACT
The case study in this chapter focuses on social movements, NGOs and trade unions taking action on anti-eviction and land reform–related issues in South Africa, particularly the urban Western Cape and urban Gauteng. Representing the case study network diagrammatically in sociograms made using NetDraw highlight the direct and indirect local, national and international ties between different actors. The boomerang effect and the spiral process have been identified as key tools utilised by advocacy networks. Both these processes require significant transnational elements to the network. The rhetorical commitments of organisations closely associated with both the Poor People's Alliance and the Housing Assembly to working as much as possible with other groups which share similar aims appears to be borne out in reality to some extent. The political positioning of different groups is a key issue relating to collaboration within the network. The chapter describes the existing ties and opportunities for effective collaboration between the clusters of actors within the network.
