Human rights are down the toilet in Khayelitsha

25 February 2016 - 02:47
By Jerome Cornelius

Flies buzz and the stench of faeces fills the air as a truck arrives to service toilets in Khayelitsha.The Cape Town township was visited yesterday by SA Human Rights Commission chairman Lawrence Mushwana, joined by members of the Social Justice Coalition and NGO Ndifuna Ukwazi.The visit was part of a five-day trip to the Western Cape by HRC representatives after a rash of complaints about racism, police brutality and inadequate housing.

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