Then we went to Nyanga township to visit a local healer but the healer wasn't there. We took pics of his healing remedies including snake skin, monkey paws, various plants, and bones. There were also alot of condoms hanging around which Sam told us we wouldn't have seen in a local healer's shop 5 years ago. We waited for the healer for 15 minutes but 'he'll be right back' really meant that he's gone for a few hours. Outside the healer, a standard for township tours, were street vendors selling the cool aluminum can hats, boxes, frames, etc. They were also selling cool wire scultures. I bought a wire motorcycle for Lloyd and a box made from Red Bull cans for Autumn and Dan.
The Crossroads informal settlement has been developed into formal houses - created for families living in the hostels. Families have been granted full ownership as part of the Nyanga/Crossroads Development Plan. The oldest hostels, situated in the Mau-Mau area next to the bus terminus, have been renovated and developed into family flats. Library and community halls have been built just next to the bus terminus. The Nyanga/Crossroads Taxi rank is one of the oldest and has been reconstructed and made safer.
A few steps further down the road, township residents live in the backdrop of a nuclear power station (pic to the left) and bordering a sewage outlet. An area that should support 80,000 has 250,000 residents. The women line up around a water pump, filling buckets to carry on their heads for the long walk back home. Old shipping containers can be found on every street corner, converted into shops - alot of cell phone shops.
Then we went to Nyanga township to visit a local healer but the healer wasn't there. We took pics of his healing remedies including snake skin, monkey paws, various plants, and bones. There were also alot of condoms hanging around which Sam told us we wouldn't have seen in a local healer's shop 5 years ago. We waited for the healer for 15 minutes but 'he'll be right back' really meant that he's gone for a few hours. Outside the healer, a standard for township tours, were street vendors selling the cool aluminum can hats, boxes, frames, etc. They were also selling cool wire scultures. I bought a wire motorcycle for Lloyd and a box made from Red Bull cans for Autumn and Dan.
The Crossroads informal settlement has been developed into formal houses - created for families living in the hostels. Families have been granted full ownership as part of the Nyanga/Crossroads Development Plan. The oldest hostels, situated in the Mau-Mau area next to the bus terminus, have been renovated and developed into family flats. Library and community halls have been built just next to the bus terminus. The Nyanga/Crossroads Taxi rank is one of the oldest and has been reconstructed and made safer. 
A few steps further down the road, township residents live in the backdrop of a nuclear power station (pic to the left) and bordering a sewage outlet. An area that should support 80,000 has 250,000 residents. The women line up around a water pump, filling buckets to carry on their heads for the long walk back home. Old shipping containers can be found on every street corner, converted into shops - alot of cell phone shops. 
