Glebelands Hostel: Where darkness heralds death IOSNewsSA
Durban - The serenity that pervades Glebelands Hostel in uMlazi during the day betrays what residents say is the real truth: when the sun goes down, it becomes a war zone. Bouts of fighting break the stillness of the night, and there is little peace for those trying to sleep.
A young woman, who did not wish to be identified, sat idly near a fire she had made in the open space just outside her front door. She was burning a pile of trash, and watched it go up in flames. She said she was burning the dirt, rather than letting it pile up, as there was erratic waste collection.
“In this place it is all about minding your own business and avoiding getting any trouble, ” said an elderly woman, who only wanted to be identified as Mamqwathi. She sat on a tiny home-made bench, next to a single bed covered with faded bedding and balanced on concrete bricks, just two steps away from the door. There are three other single beds with barely an inch of space between them.
“We do everything in one place - the kitchen was supposed to be separate, but it was never completely built,” said Mamqwathi, adding that she hoped the recent visit by deputy public protector Kevin Malunga, would lead to change in their living conditions. The report was a follow-up to former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s 2016 report, “Stop The Carnage”, compiled after she visited the hostel.
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