Townships paying up for crime
26 August 2016 - 08:31
Township crime means residents have to pay more for many services, or even do without them. Many companies have either turned their backs on residents of crime-ridden townships or make them pay extra.Postnet Cape Town levies a "township fee".Biance-Anne P Moll wrote to the company complaining that she was charged R570 for the couriering of a parcel from Cape Town to Soweto.
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