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Gugulethu’s apartheid-era hostels finally get a facelift

But residents accuse City of Cape Town of prioritising the flats that face the main road

Scaffolding surrounds one of the apartheid-era Lingelihle hostels currently being repaired in Gugulethu, Cape Town. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana

Many of the apartheid-era hostels in Gugulethu are overcrowded and weathered.
This year, the City of Cape Town has started repairing four ageing and broken hostels in the area.
But residents of Lingelihle hostel, which has five blocks of flats, say the City is only repairing the blocks that face the main road rather than fixing all of the buildings.

Families living in the apartheid-era Lingelihle hostel are accusing the government of prioritising the most visible flats that face the main road for upgrades, ahead of the local government elections later this year.
A year ago, we reported on tenants complaining about…

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