MDANTSANE - For over 36 years, a community in Mdantsane has lived in igloo-shaped homes made of fiberglass.
Originally provided as temporary shelters, the domes now harbour fungus, posing a health threat to children and the elderly.
Some families are crammed with 12 people in a single room, living like sardines in a can.
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They say politicians often show up just before elections to canvass for votes, but their living conditions never change.
"We’ve been voting all the time, and then after we’ve cast our votes, nothing changes. Politicians only come here because it suits their campaigns; it makes them look good. Because they use our situation as a promise to bring positive change."
These Nkomponi residents have had enough. They don't care who's elected into power anymore.
All they want is to be treated like human beings and provided with suitable homes.
eNCA's Ronald Masinda filed this story.