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Hostel hangover (Multimedia)

Dorcas Dlamini, 51, raised her eight children in the dilapidated Dube hostel, Soweto <font size=3 color=red><b>* DO NOT USE *</b></font> Mujahid Safodien/IRIN
    JOHANNESBURG

    A start has finally been made by the South African government to fulfil a long-standing promise to pull down the notorious apartheid-era hostels, where thousands eke out a living in squalid conditions.










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    Built to house a migrant labour force, the hostels remain inner city eyesores, providing inadequate housing for large numbers of families, as well as short-term dwellers.

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