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The Two Tales of ‘Tin Can Town’

Article Niren Tolsi, Raeesa Pather & David Harrison - 26 Oct 2018

An upsurge in violence in Blikkiesdorp is linked to residents competing for homes in a new housing scheme

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Shack dreams, shackled lives: Displaced poor pine for home

Article Raeesa Pather - 31 Mar 2017

What happens after the sheriff has come knocking?

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Cape Town, use prime municipal land in the heart of the city to house the poor

Analysis Staff Reporter - 9 Sep 2016

Municipal property in the city should not be sold but used to build affordable housing

‘It’s like a concentration camp’

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Jun 2010

Blikkiesdorp, a vast temporary camp for Cape Town's homeless and evicted, has attracted a media spotlight ahead of the Soccer World Cup.

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Life in ‘Tin Can Town’ for those evicted ahead of World Cup

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Apr 2010

Campaigners say conditions in Blikkiesdorp or "Tin Can Town" are worse than in the townships created during apartheid.

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