The recent floods in Cape Town devastated informal settlements, particularly in low lying areas that ironically offers them security from forced removal since the land is not deemed habitable.
Filthy toilets, illegal electricity and dilapidated houses a sore point for residents of Vaalkamers.
City Power’s latest effort to remove illegal connections will, like previous raids, prove futile as no legal supply of electricity even exists in these informal settlements.
Tension is brewing between informal settlements and those who live in brick houses in East London over illegal electricity connections.
Residents who have been without electricity for years marched to City Power demanding that they be connected to the grid.
Informal settlement residents continue to reconnect themselves to the electricity grid after the municipality disconnects their illegal supply.
It might be 23 years after the dawn of democracy in South Africa, but there are some communities that still do not have basic services like electricity and sanitation provided by the government. C-Section in Duncan Village in East London, is just one of many cases.
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