Africa Matters: S African community turns hospital into home

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Africa Matters: S African community turns hospital into home

The right to housing is enshrined in South Africa's constitution, yet millions of people are struggling to make this a reality. Spatial apartheid and forced removals still regularly take place in post-apartheid South Africa, with many people being evicted from areas they've called home their whole lives. And a group of residents has now occupied an old hospital and made it home.

August 5, 2023