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Finding a place to live in overcrowded informal settlements can become a daily struggle for the Cape Town’s poorest
Some have opted to start their own settlement on privately owned land. One such settlement is known as the Marikana.
Philippi resident and member of the shack dwellers organisation, Abahlali baseMjondolo, Tumi Ramahlele, said: “For many years the land has been vacant, neglected, no-one has barricaded, no security, so we thought to ourselves in terms of minimising crime in our community let us occupy the land, because lots of us are unemployed and when you are unemployed you are facing eviction.”
In April 2013, backyarders began erecting structures on the land along Symphony Way in Philippi East township.
After their shacks were continually demolished they resorted to living in tents on the land.