Westdene and Sophiatown residents in Johannesburg are infuriated by the mushrooming of student accommodation close to their properties, claiming the students are turning their suburb into a shantytown.
But while they worry about property value, a town planner thinks this is an overreaction.
Suburb blows fuse as students ‘turn it into slum’
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Westdene and Sophiatown residents in Johannesburg are infuriated by the mushrooming of student accommodation close to their properties, claiming the students are turning their suburb into a shantytown.
But while they worry about property value, a town planner thinks this is an overreaction.
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