Rats, cockroaches, rubbish: Life in an abandoned apartheid hostel

Officials from the Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning will visit families living in an abandoned building in Gugulethu later this month. Residents say their situation has deteriorated in two years and is particularly unbearable on hot days. Most of the doors to the 34 apartments are closed with chains and padlocks. All the windows are broken … Continue reading Rats, cockroaches, rubbish: Life in an abandoned apartheid hostel