Cape Town — The South African government boasts that it has built 2.8 million new homes in 18 years, each with access to electricity, water and drains, but 14% of the population still lives in huts and shacks with no basic facilities. That's where the i-Shack comes in. Alex Duval Smith reports for RFI.
The howling wind of the Western Cape sweeps across Enkanini, an informal settlement in the industrial area serving Stellenbosch near Cape Town.
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