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Slum-Dwelling Still a Continental Trend in Africa

By Jeffrey Moyo
Nompumelelo Tshabalala, 41, emerges from her dwarf ‘shack’ made up of rusty metal sheets and falls short of bumping into this reporter as she bends down to avoid knocking her head against the top part of her makeshift door frame.

Land Seizures Speeding Up, Leaving Africans Homeless and Landless

By Jeffrey Moyo
There is a new scramble for Africa, with ordinary people facing displacement by the affluent and the powerful as huge tracts of land on the continent are grabbed by a minority, rights activists here say.


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