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No silver lining for Silvertown
30 Apr 2021
Underserviced: Mimi Dontse struggles to get quality healthcare in Silvertown. Residents face long queues at the mobile clinic that visits the settlement twice a week. (Photo: Sibongile Portia Jonas)
Silvertown, a shack settlement in KwaZakhele, Gqeberha, has been in existence for more than 30 years. Many residents moved there in the 1980s in an attempt to start families and build livelihoods in the city.
Named after the silver corrugated iron structures that dotted the area in its early days, Silvertown is one of the oldest shack settlements in Gqeberha. 
The 2011 Statistics South Africa census found that it had about 508 households. The number of shack dwellers has since increased because of a housing shortage in the city. ....

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