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Outside Ntarama, people wait for the gacaca court to begin. That day, a woman accused of taking part in the murder of 5,000 people was awaiting trial

Electricity has also been cut forcing residents to cook with paraffin stoves that pose a fire hazard, particularly in a building where many of the residents are blind

Residents in Johannesburg’s inner-city, South Africa

A secured door inside a slum building in Johannesburg, South Africa

Water has been cut off to this building in an attempt by the owner to evict residents who now collect water from a public tap across the street

Johannesburg’s inner-city. Living in slum buildings with poor or non-existent sanitation, refuse removal, running water or electricity often has consequences for residents’ health, especially during the winter months

Children play on rubbish-strewn stairwells in a building that is home to about 400 people, most of them Zimbabweans

Samuel Mokwena, a blind beggar, in his room at an abandoned building in Johannesburg's inner city

The buildings are usually run by slum lords who collect rent but provide little or nothing in the way of maintenance and services

This building has two outside taps to serve six floors containing 700 tenants

Residents in Johannesburg’s inner-city often construct shacks inside buildings that used to be warehouses or factories

There are an estimated 1,500 abandoned and neglected buildings in Johannesburg’s inner-city that have become slum dwellings for countless people, the majority of them jobless migrants