As winter approaches and Capetonians who live on solid ground wait anxiously for rainfall, shack dwellers in Masiphumelele's wetlands fear that, once again, they may lose everything in the winter rains.
The City of Cape Town plans to extend a road through Masiphumelele, and community leaders are concerned that people living where the road is to be built will be prioritised for housing, leaving the shack dwellers in the wetlands during winter.
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