Gauteng informal settlements and hostel residents are enduring a tough battle against the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic due to appalling, inhumane, unsanitary and overcrowded living conditions.

This is worrying as Gauteng is now the epicentre of the Covid-19 third wave with the highest recorded number of infections across the country. The environment our informal settlements and hostel residents are exposed to daily is not suitable for human habitation...