Residents of the Maitland Royal Road informal settlement in Cape Town have mixed feelings about temporary housing structures being built for them by the City. “They want to squeeze us into a three-by-six-metre structure,” said Jesica Fortuin, who shares her home with ten other family members. She is refusing to be moved. The settlement, located across from Maitland Secondary School, … Continue reading Maitland residents refuse to be “squeezed” into temporary structures