Per-Anders Pettersson
IN TRANSITION: SOUTH AFRICA: IN TRANSITION
IN TRANSITION
Men drink in an illegal bar (shebeen) in Site C Khayelitsha, a township about 35 kilometers outside Cape Town, South Africa, 2001. Khayelitsha is one of the poorest and fastest townships in South Africa. People usually come from the rural areas in Eastern Cape province to find work as maids and laborers. Most people don't find work and the unemployment rate is very high together with lot violence and a growing HIV-Aids epidemic it’s a harsh area to live in.
Men drink in an illegal bar (shebeen) in Site C Khayelitsha, a township about 35 kilometers outside Cape Town, South Africa, 2001. Khayelitsha is one of the poorest and fastest townships in South Africa. People usually come from the rural areas in Eastern Cape province to find work as maids and laborers. Most people don't find work and the unemployment rate is very high together with lot violence and a growing HIV-Aids epidemic it’s a harsh area to live in.
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