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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Nomthunzi Naphakade's mood switches between anger, shame and resignation as she surveys the shack she shares with her mother, sister, brother and two young children.
The roof of the two-room tin and cardboard structure leaks in the rain and its walls shake in the wind. There is no running water or electricity. The family toilet is a bucket emptied once a week.
Naphakade says she has seen little improvement in conditions during the 25 years she has lived in Cape Town's Crossroads settlement. And she holds out little hope of change any time soon despite the pledges of candidates in local elections Wednesday.
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