On Thursday last I met Paul Tesha from Dar Es Salaam. He is a quiet-spoken, polite guy who is an economic refugee from Tanzania. He was first in SA in 2006, but was deported back to his domicile on being caught. He returned in 2010.
He makes up part of a band of Tanzanians who live under a bridge in Cape Town. Last week all the men were forcibly removed but they have begun to trickle back into their previous place of residence.
So it is under these rarified and intense conditions that I engage with Paul.
'Please show me where you live, Paul' I ask.
He leads me to this portion of tar and says, 'This is my house.'
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