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'Unbearable to live': Conditions for Laudium residents get worse - and the heat is to blame

Lameez Omarjee

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Community volunteers across three cities in South Africa collected data for a heat mapping study. (Chris Morgan)

Community volunteers across three cities in South Africa collected data for a heat mapping study. (Chris Morgan)

"It is unbearable for us to live."

Noluthando Geja, a resident of an informal settlement in Laudium, Tshwane for the past 24 years, spoke of the heat which has become worse and worse over the years.

Geja is one of about 30 people across three cities that recently participated in a heat-mapping exercise supported by the World Bank and National Treasury.

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