Lockdown in pictures – Day 109: Cape of Storms:
Source: GroundUp News.
“Mfuleni residents are tired of seeing the City relocate residents from other townships”: City has condemned the occupation of its Bosasa housing project
Source: GroundUp News.
Midvaal occupation is no race war, say landowners: “The Elandsfontein landowners are a diverse group of people from all race groups”
Source: GroundUp News.
Overcrowded Bobani Village will soon get toilets: Some residents fear 846 communal toilets won’t be enough for over 3,000 shacks
Source: GroundUp News.
Cape storm leaves hundreds without “toilets”: “Flood victims now shit in buckets inside their shacks and empty them into the dam. I do the same.”
Source: GroundUp News.
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