The Stjwetla informal settlement resident said: "The mobile toilets are filthy. Everyone uses them and they are not cleaned. That is unhealthy for my family. So we use buckets and throw the waste in the river. Where else should we throw it?"

Ngobeni said she moved to the area with her husband in 1996. They have two children Gladys, 6, and Evans, 11.

"This place is not safe for us and our children. My husband is the only one who is employed. We can barely make ends meet, but we are surviving," Ngobeni said.

"I would love to move to the township. But we cannot. Not unless we are allocated a house.

"We cannot afford to pay rent. Renting in the townships is expensive.

"We have voted so many times, but there is no better life. The government has not done anything for us," said Ngobeni.

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Apr 26, 2012

Mbeva

So disposing of human waste in Jukskei is going to change dire situation? I do not think so
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Apr 27, 2012

Pointman

When will help come. In a country like America the government ensures the well being of people. Here peoples life depends on the government - and look how the country is being managed.
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Apr 27, 2012

Archibald.Delaware

Don't be so hard on these poor people, they are too stupid to know any better. Digging a hole is too hard work. They would rather defecate in their drinking water
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Apr 27, 2012

nobnob

Most people who where leaving there is 1996 were moved to better places like Diepsloot and Braamfischer. People must stop telling lies and start working with the government. Everytime when they move people in that area the very same night others come from no where and start erecting new shacks. These has nothing do with the government. Those foreigners are silly. Juskei is not new, its been here long time ago, why are they having this problem now.
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Apr 28, 2012

Labig

Ya ya ya..,.houses are awarded to people with molla! Go to river park or tsutsumani... The rdp houses are demolished and people are building mansions!
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