1. Close to the shack settlement, other land that was once vacant is blanketed with the tiny homes known as RDP houses, after the Reconstruction and Development Programme put in place after the 1''4 elections.

2. Both wings of DACAAR will be involved in the activities, the Rural Development Programme (RDP) to take care of extension and capacity building activities, and the Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP) to be responsible for activities related to provision of drinking water.

3. Sharmayne Wesler, a planner with New York‘s annual GLBT Expo, credited the hubbub and well–publicized gay weddings like that of lesbian rocker Melissa Etheridge in 2003, with encouraging gays to formalize their relationships. They too want to be traditional,‘‘ said Wesler, whose RDP Group has 70 wedding–specific vendors at its expo. The trend ... is toward really large weddings, none of these simple affairs. They want to go to a ceremony with all the bells and whistles.‘‘ McKee and Woods invited 200 guests to their black–tie ceremony, followed by a cocktail hour and reception at the Ritz–Carlton, in Tysons Corner, Va.