Few of the township houses are equipped with running water or electricity. They’re riddled with crime, violence and drugs but underpinned by the everyday families whose tales of survival, struggle, resilience and hardship exist on a far more overwhelming scale. Vast shanty towns, which appear from a distance as seas of glistening tin roofs, stretch as far as the eye can see - in the depths of valleys, across open plains, on the fringes of cities and over mountain tops. It’s the ultimate juxtaposition but it’s extreme poverty and unfavourable conditions in which most South Africans live.Ī shanty house in South Africa's Knysna township - with no standing room - overlooks million dollar waterfront properties below. ![]() Known as ‘the Motherland’, South Africa is a country where stunning landscapes, pristine coastlines, waterfront mansions, and world class facilities exist alongside ubiquitous slums and severely disadvantaged people. The shack is one of thousands of homes like it in the South African township of Knysna, about 485kms east of Cape Town, and one of millions nationwide. “The more children you see on the streets the poorer the area,” one local says. Groups of barefooted children loiter on almost every unsealed, dusty street and corner in the neighbourhood. ![]() The sun is shining but when it rains, water pours through the gaps and turns the hut into a mud pool. The caving roof is so low that its residents - a family of four - have to crawl to get in and out. A RICKETY shack made from scraps of tin sheets and planks of wood sits on top of a hill overlooking waterfront mansions and swanky boats docked on private jettys.
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