Photography – South Africa – The other side – crowding, squalor, townships, poverty.
When you cross the road from the beauty and lavish housing of Stellenbosch you find the Townships where the poor blacks live – shanty towns of corrugated iron. There is huge overcrowding, poverty, violence and deprivation.
These are the toilets for the whole Township. They empty via a pipe straight out into the ocean. Millions of gallons of raw untreated sewage forms a huge brown slick along the coast.
These are some of the friendly denizens of the township.
This is the white area of Stellenbosch.
The inequality and racism needs addressing!!
Wow, those toilets blow me away
It blew my mind too. But – You should have seen the brown slick of raw sewage that was being dumped straight into the sea and making its way around the headland
Oh man…., that’s awful
Yep!! Hopefully things will improve!!
How very sad.
Hi – yes – it speaks of years of abuse.
It’s sad but this is the reality over there.
South Africa recently rated amoung the most unequal societies in the world, despite the urban development (a result of urban migration and opportunities being available in and around cities like Johannesburg/Pretoria / Cape Town / Durban.
People leave their homes to work and abandoned townships are a result of low service delivery and the poverty ultimately will result in high crime. These socio-economic issues are sugar coated whenever the question is raised
Being from South Africa, you will see the townships are home to pollution, mismanaged public facilities like Libraries and Schools, kids with dreams and families with hopes of life changing for them but the divide further expands due to corruption.
There’s one solution – psychological transformation. If the people can develop a habit of growth and renewal, all the unemployed youths can come together to curate the delivery of services and safety of residents that way there’s hope restored and the future generations will be able to work towards developing the townships in the long run.
Just my opinion; open for discussion
That sounds like a glimmer of hope. Do you really think it is possible though? It seems to me that the economics, racism and corruption conspire to keep the population down. Can you really see that changing?
South Africa has a promising future. A future of inclusivity, equality and possibly free of racism
The fight against corrupt leaders is a fight everyone is willing to take part in that’s what gives us hope especially because it affects us economically now that its out in the open , hopefully the judiciary will hold these dishonest leaders accountable for their mishaps but then thats only the tip of the iceburg
We; as young leaders on the ground have a mount Everest task ahead of us – educating the future generations and instilling a mindset of taking this country forward and it all begins with taking initiative and thats where we come in
We hope the future generations will be proud of their country and those from this country who reside elsewhere around the world should be unapologetic about their home land
We will have to take steps to make it possible, and it is possible.
I think Mandela set a very high standard. It was a shame that such a good start was wasted with greed and corruption. I hope you are right about the future. Corruption needs dealing with first. It is possible!!