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Ice Cream Factory Fire

The former Chico’s Ice Cream factory on the outskirts of Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, which illegally housed more than 400 people, burned down after a fire on Friday. They had erected cardboard partitions and formed a second floor from wood to create a highly flammable ‘shantytown’.

By Nanama Keita - 21 June 2010 - Photo, Text

Tin Can Town

Tin Can Town

In an attempt to ‘clean-up’ the streets of South Africa’s mother city, hundreds of informal settlers, street kids and the homeless have been forcibly moved off the streets of Cape Town and relocated to Blikkiesdorp, a temporary dumping ground made up of one-room, corrugated iron shacks.

By Nikki Rixon - 12 June 2010 - Photo, Rich dreams, poor realities

In the shadow of Green Point Stadium

A look at a small group of homeless people who live in the shadow of the new Green Point Stadium in Cape Town.

By Samantha Reinders - 28 May 2010 - Multimedia, Photo