This hasn’t been fully successful, and it’s not uncommon to find houses within townships that don’t have any form of running water and will often be forced to illegally connect up to the grid in order to have an electrical supply. The ANC, despite being one of the world’s most corrupt governments, has gone to great lengths to provide clean water and electricity to townships around the country. Even though Apartheid has long since ended, most of those people living in townships are still feeling the effects of the regime combined with the general failures of the current government. Where white people had their own suburbs, other races were given tracts of land with little access to infrastructure and the other resources needed to create a thriving and well-educated populace.
The Apartheid era is infamous for its oppression and brutality, and modern townships are a result of the government of the time attempting to force people of different races into their own, separate parts of the country.
Townships are an important part of the South African experience, one that allows visitors to experience everything that the country has to offer, rather than just the small slices of the idyllic lifestyles that a lucky few are privileged to be a part of. In fact, townships are an integral part of South Africa, and while they were created during a difficult time in the history of the country, they have since evolved into something of a culture of their own, and in some parts of the country, it’s even possible to tour the local townships.
In terms of living conditions and areas, South Africa is generally split down the middle between those that live in bigger cities and suburbs, and those that live in the townships.
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