GUGU LOURIE: 4IR could help Finetown’s Nkululeko blossom like a beautiful flower
The lack of internet in informal settlements is perpetuating SA's divides
24 November 2021 - 18:22
On Tuesday, I passed Finetown and wondered whether the young people of this whirring informal settlement in the south of Johannesburg will ever have access to high-speed internet.
I stopped my car and alighted to view the place like a hypercritical foreign tourist. There were shacks of different sizes lining pathways that were barely wide enough to drive through. Children were playing in the dusty patches between the houses...
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