This folks, is a makeshift bathroom for a family too big to use the one room shack for bathing.
Silver Town is really keeping me awake. I got a hot email today from the people on top at the Alexandra Renewal Project (ARP). I emailed them some questions like they requested and from my questions they state that I am biased and lack objectivity.
Well I asked the questions based on what the people of Silver Town and their lawyer told me. Anyway I got what I wanted from them...an interview for Thursday morning. From the email I got I better go to that interview prepared or I am going to get eaten alive.
I honestly want to understand how people can be allowed to live like that. Fair enough the people of Silver Town do not have it as bad as their neighbours in Setjwetla; they have electricity and a bit of breathing space. But one needs to remember that these people do not come from one roomed shacks. Yes their previous homes were not great but Silver Town is doing them no favours.
Another thing I need to understand is based on safety. How safe is it to have a small group of shiny shacks with electricity placed right at the foot step of a huge community of dirty shacks with no electricity?
Maybe ARP are right, I am biased. Maybe their side of the story will make sense of this situation. Maybe they have a really good reason for placing people in a transit camp for more than three years. Maybe they have a really good reason they place these people next to a river that has a history of flooding. Maybe they have a very good reason why their communication lines with the people of Silver Town are so bad.
Well...I am going to work on my questions and try my best not to take sides. I need to go to that office with an open mind and prepared for anything. I should by now be prepared for anything...I have seen a makeshift bathroom...anything is possible.
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