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Snakes and sewage: Housing troubles grow in S. Africa’s Soweto

Snakes and sewage: Housing troubles grow in S. Africa’s Soweto

KIM HARRISBERG CRUMBLING walls, sewage leaking into homes, dangerous loose wires - and sometimes, snakes. These are some of the myriad issues residents in Soweto, South Africa's biggest township, have been dealing with for decades, as they say, the government continues to deny them title deeds and urgent upgrades to their homes outside Johannesburg. "It was a dream come true when the government allocated us these homes after more than 15 years of living in a shack," said Nkosinathi Khumalo, resident of the Soweto suburb known as Snake Park because of its slithering visitors. His home was built on top…
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