Judy and Gregs travels through Botswana and Namibia
Khayelitsha Township
Khayelitsha Township which spreads as far as the eye can see, picture taken 30km from the centre of Cape Town. Located on the Cape Town flats home to nearly 400,000 people (click on image for a larger version)
yep – called ‘informal settlements’ here. Shared water taps, rows of ‘portaloos’ on the edges, lots of the huts have no windows and often the roofs have stones or bricks holding the sheets of corrugated iron down. We are so lucky.
Looks like a shanty town to me .
yep – called ‘informal settlements’ here. Shared water taps, rows of ‘portaloos’ on the edges, lots of the huts have no windows and often the roofs have stones or bricks holding the sheets of corrugated iron down. We are so lucky.
Looks depressingly awful
that about nails it, Char. There are so many of these ‘informal settlements, mostly on the outskirts of the cities and they all look grim