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Squatters set up shacks next to railway line on the R23

They have one tap, but do not have proper flushing toilets and have created pit toilets.

A group of people without houses has opted to building shacks and settling next to a railway line on R23 Road between Standerton and Volksrust.

According to them, they decided to occupy this vacant land because they have nowhere else to go.

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People with no houses built shacks next to a railway line on the R23 Road between Standerton and Volksrust.

They said they do not receive any services from the Lekwa Municipality and do not know which ward they belong to.

They have one tap, but do not have proper flushing toilets and have created pit toilets.

Read more on this in the next edition of the Standerton Advertiser.

 

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Wayne van der Walt, with around 15 years in the media industry, is editor of Highvelder Newspaper. His accolades include Frewin Awards for Newspaper of the Year and Front Page of the Year, and FCJ Photographer of the Year, among other honours.

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