Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Khayelitsha

If you take the Strandfontein road, you'll find yourself travelling past Khayelitsha eventually. At first, the view is kinda pretty, what with the distant mountains and blue skies and all ...


Then you look a little closer:



And then you start seeing what's really there:

Khayalitsha means 'new home' in Xhosa. This township houses between 500 000 and 1 million people and although all you see from the N2 are shacks, it's actually a thriving community - read more HERE.

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