Diabolical inequality: Poorest Cape Town residents wade through raw sewerage
19 July 2021
On Saturday I responded to a call for help from members of the community in Langa, Cape Town, who have been living with accumulating daily sewerage spills literally on their doorsteps.
Residents of the Zones and Church Square in Langa have been logging complaints with the City since May 2021.
According to residents, when the City sends officials out, they take photographs and never return. The same process has repeated itself over and over again for months.
No middle class community would tolerate, or be expected to tolerate, stepping stones across a sea of sewerage and storm water, in order to access their homes.