Joburg’s Upper Houghton mansions ‘now slumlord dumps’

The Joburg heritage area of Upper Houghton is facing severe pressure as historic homes are being vandalised, occupied and falling into disrepair. Daily Maverick’s Anna Cox explains.

Reporting by: Anna Cox
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Filmed by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme

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