Dozens of Alexandra families were evicted last week from housing containers they had occupied.
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Clothing and several household items were strewn across the road outside housing containers in Marlboro, Johannesburg as people sat among their possessions.
Originally from Alexandra, where they said they lived in overcrowded houses, they occupied the container units in March 2023.
But on 19 February, they were evicted.
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