Children eating rotten food from the landfill site whilst politicians are scrambling to garner votes for the November polls in Pango Camp Informal settlement in Munsieville episode artwork

EPISODE · Sep 15, 2026 · 2 MIN

Children eating rotten food from the landfill site whilst politicians are scrambling to garner votes for the November polls in Pango Camp Informal settlement in Munsieville

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While the poor residents of Pango Camp Informal settlement in Munsieville, outside Krugersdorp are trying to keep limb and life together, politicians are scrambling to garner votes for the November polls. Every day, dozens of hungry children, pensioners and people living with a disabilities, flock to a local soup kitchen to get their meal for the day. Owner, Elise Saunders, who lived in a run-down shack at the edge of the informal settlement, was disturbed to see children eating rotten food from the landfill site. Our Politics Reporter Ntebo Mokobo visited the family, who chose love over comfort, proving  that compassion knows no colour.   

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