Sunday, February 19, 2012

Informal shack

Although the government has built a couple of million new houses over the last 18 years since democracy, there are still many people in the townships living in informal settlements in shacks made of corrugated iron and wood.  These shacks stand in Ramaphosa Village, an informal settlement close to New Brighton.

4 comments:

  1. Do they have fresh water and toilets nearby?

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  2. How come these "townships" still exist in this day and age?

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  3. A hard life.
    PS The text to verify our comments is hugely difficult to see!

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  4. Excellent pic fire. It's so nice for a local like me to see some fresh scenes of PE.

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