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Eight-year-old Chuma Mdayi’s tragic death by electrocution was foreshadowed when walking on the gravel roads covered by illegal electricity wiring connected to shacks on the outskirts of Despatch in the Eastern Cape.
In whatever way his death may be perceived, it’s clear Chuma won’t be the last to be electrocuted in the vast settlements of rickety made shacks, where poverty and despair runs deep.
With less than three weeks before the municipal elections, News24 journalists investigate how residents of one of the poorest areas in the province survive without the “luxuries” many take for granted.
In whatever way his death may be perceived, it’s clear Chuma won’t be the last to be electrocuted in the vast settlements of rickety made shacks, where poverty and despair runs deep.
With less than three weeks before the municipal elections, News24 journalists investigate how residents of one of the poorest areas in the province survive without the “luxuries” many take for granted.
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