Ivory Park's Themba Khoza informal settlement is only fit for a few

Development must be matched by an audit to ensure safe living standards, says City of Joburg, as there are more than 1,000 structures on land meant for 280 households

24 March 2025 - 04:30

Overcrowding adjacent to a river on servitude land for Eskom pylons and gas pipes means development cannot come to the whole of the Themba Khoza informal settlement until some things change, with the residents' agreement...

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