Setsjwetla by Gulshan Khan

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Setsjwetla

Copyright Gulshan Khan 2024

Updated Jul 2022

Topics Action, Civil Rights, Community, Documentary, Editorial, Fire, Homelessness, housing, Human Rights, Immigration, Photojournalism, Politics, Poverty

On March 05, 2019 an electricity pylon collapsed on the informal settlement below causing a fire that ravaged 150 structures which left hundreds of people homeless and destitute. Twenty-five years after democracy, South Africa still struggles with basic service delivery and housing. Many are forced to live in unsafe and dehumanising conditions; a testament to the structural and systemic legacy - the lasting oppressions of colonialism and apartheid.

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