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Thirty years of freedom | 'Settling for a toilet is better than the indefinite wait for an RDP house'

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Many residents opt for serviced stands instead of continuing the indefinite wait for RDP houses.

Many residents opt for serviced stands instead of continuing the indefinite wait for RDP houses.

Promise Marupeng

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After having been on the RDP house allocation list since 1996, in 2022, Nomasonto Mkhaliphi settled for a serviced stand with only a toilet on it and abandoned the hope of ever having a real house, as she simply couldn't handle the wait any longer.

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