A social audit of conditions at the Wolwerivier relocation camp in Cape Town highlights overcrowding and the need for the city to install street lights and build a public sports field, as well as for parks. On Saturday, the City of Cape Town declined an invitation by the civil society organisation Ndifuna Ukwazi (NU) to participate in the public hearing on the audit since it was not "afforded any opportunity to take part" in the project.The 21-day audit, released by NU last week, included door-to-door visits and interviews with residents, as well as focus groups and public meetings.Wolwerivier, near Dunoon, was set up earlier this year by the city to accommodate people living in Skandaalkamp, an informal settlement near the Vissershok landfill. It consists of 500 structures made of corrugated iron, with cement floors, a toilet and a sink.According to the report, NU and residents also drew up questionnaires, reviewed a housing list for the relocated residents, and captured "community experiences and testimonies".Mayoral committee member for housing Bennedicta van Minnen said yesterday the report did not qualify as a social audit. "It [was] communicated to Ndifuna Ukwazi that the city would not be attending a social audit public hearing ... because accepted methodology for a social audit is a collaborative process which involves all stakeholders, including the City of Cape Town. Now, the City of Cape Town was not afforded any opportunity to take part in this programme."Regarding the issues raised by the audit, she said: "It is all a work in progress that would have been presented had there been a proper social audit and if this particular organisation was honest about the communication that has been going on [between the two parties]."NU's Nkosikhona Swartbooi said they had sent documents to the city before the audit, explaining what a social audit was, and the process. The city had later been invited to take part in a public hearing...