Despair as informal settlers await housing department

Half-complete projects, on-site chaos mar provision of houses

Elizabeth Maphopa was excited four years ago when she heard that new houses would be built across the Kwazenzele informal settlement where she lives.

Maphopa was full of hope that she would finally leave the tough conditions of the informal settlement in Endicott, just outside Springs on the East Rand...

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