When I first arrived in the Transvaal (Gauteng ), I was very curious to see Alexandra township, where my brother, younger sister and I were born, but when my parents decided to go back to the Transkei, I was three years old.
It took me some time to get to see Alexandra, and I will never forget the disappointment I felt because I had never seen such an overcrowded place before. But informal settlements were almost non-existent then, that was in 1972.
Then came freedom with the liberation of not only South Africans, but also the mushrooming of shacks in every vacant space. Informal settlements are very unsightly, built with all kinds of material, black refuse bags, cardboard boxes,…
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Red Pepper
These days, the pizza arrives before the police.
Bleachers
I know that his has been asked before; \”Do you really have lions roaming the streets?\”