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South Africa: Township reports



Children smiling in New Brighton

New Brighton is the most well known township in Port Elizabeth. Around 40,000 people live here.

Phumeza selling fruit

Phumeza has a fruit stall in the Joe Slovo settlement, in the outskirts of Port Elizabeth.

Rosie Vena washing clothes

Rosie Vena, 63, thinks these elections are going to make things worse in South Africa.

Children in New Brighton

Mom Mngadi runs a soup kitchen in the Red Location township. She feeds around 60 people three times a week.

Signpost in the red location

The Red Location is a bedrock of the ANC and resistance to apartheid.

woman making Vetkoeks

Amagwinya, or vetkoeks, are fried dough balls, like savoury doughnuts, being prepared here in a little shop in New Brighton.

Dog in joe slovo township

Joe Slovo is a settlement which forms part of Port Elizabeth's townships.

Child in township

A little boy who lives in Zwide township, where ANC veteran Govan Mbeki, father of former President Thabo, is buried.



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