For the next two days, I have the privilege of facilitating the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements Policy & Research Symposium, a gathering that brings together government leaders, academics, researchers, town planners , practitioners, and social partners.At the heart of this symposium is one of the most defining questions of our time: how do we build human settlements that respond not only to the need for shelter, but to the deeper questions of dignity, belonging, social justice, economic