South Africa: Evicted Nigel Families Fear Separation From Their Children

Families living in a dilapidated church in Nigel fear that their children will be taken from them by social workers who have declared their living conditions unsafe.

Social workers from the Nigel Department of Social Development say living conditions at the church on the R51 Springs road, where ten families evicted from a building in Nigel about two weeks ago are living, pose a high health risk for children. They have recommended that ten children be taken temporarily to family members living in cleaner and safer environments. But the families in the church say they do not want to be separated from their children.

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