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| Thirty years after Nelson Mandela's government took over and introduced a policy to build low cost houses in South Africa, millions of people still live in shanty towns. | |
| The idea behind the initiative, known as the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP), was to reverse the devastating legacy of apartheid. | |
| Although the RDP policy successfully delivered more than three million homes for the poor, factors like population growth, rapid urbanisation and internal migration have contributed to its regression. | |
| One of those who've been living in a Soweto shanty town since the mid-1980s, is 76-year-old Lala Maria Sebetlele. | |
| "We were told to patiently wait here because they will help us. But they never did. They promised to build houses, install electricity and fix roads," she tells BBC Africa Daily. | |
| She says life in a shanty town is "unbearable". | |
| "You have to be a resilient person to survive. There's no electricity. The roads are almost non-existent. On sunny days, the shack gets too hot. You can’t stay inside. When it’s cold, it gets very cold. When it’s raining, it gets flooded." | |
| The South African government blames the scarcity of resources, saying there are many competing priorities. | |
| In an attempt to help ease the accommodation burden, the University of Johannesburg has come up with an initiative of its own, using a highly sophisticated 3D printer that constructs a fully-fledged house in about 10 hours. | |
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