By the time he has finished, every inch of the walls is covered with bright pictures – a wallpaper of sheer luxury. - Zakes Mda

It is strange how things don’t change in these shanty towns or squatter camps or informal settlements or whatever you choose to call them.

In those days, they did not allow people of his colour onto any of the beaches of the city, so he could not carry out his ablutions there, as he does today.

They do not like to be called squatters. How can we be squatters on our land, in our own country? Squatters are those who came from across the sea to steal our land