Squatter Camps in South Africa, A Real Problem

South Africa, telling the story of squatter camps in this beautiful land, the suffering, pain and humiliation experienced by the unfortunate people living in the awful conditions.

Squatter camps conjure up images of poverty, filth and isolation for the regular person around the world. People often do not visit these secluded places, there is no time, there are urgent needs to attend to and the destitute are forgotten. The cry of a child is not heard. There is no song to sing as the dark endless days of helplessness grow.


“God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong” (1Cor 1:27NIV)

Read the rest of the article from this link.

Link - Children Suffering in White Squatter Camps around South Africa.


I wrote another article on squatter camps and this was published in the Guardian LV, recently.

The dark Side of Squatter Camps in South Africa

A squatter camp located in Pretoria, South Africa is experiencing serious problems and the dark side of living in these places has reared its ugly head. Children are starving, malnutrition and disease is rampant. Respiratory problems associated with Asthma and pneumonia is common among the children living in these camps. Diarrhea and untreated infections are a daily occurrence.

A census undertaken in 2011 revealed that over one million blacks lived in shacks and approximately eight thousand whites. Today these figures have changed drastically. A survey indicated that there were more than 80 thousand squatter camps around South Africa. Homeless shelters were included in this account, and it is at these places where care and support are given to needy people of any race, color or creed. The homeless shelters are usually set up by churches and charities to help the less fortunate. Squatter camps are referenced to illegal occupation of state-owned land and it is in these places where the fallen, in many cases drug addicts and alcoholics, wind up going.

Squatter camps contain a combination of Wendy houses and tents, or other informal structures. Informal structures usually become home for more than ten people at a time. Shacks in the outer yard of living houses are home to more than a million people. Various suburbs around South Africa, were once home to whites only under the apartheid government, are now turned into separate rooms, and outside buildings to accommodate up to 100 people at a time, all expected to use one bathroom facility only.

Read the rest of the story on this link:

Guardian LV link to The Dark Side of Squatter Camps in South Africa


A sad factual reality about suffering, about real people, about children, about starvation, about death. These are the forgotten people of society, the homeless and destitute ones living without any hope.