The World Cup makes itself known in small ways, though most of the traders' lives will not change for better or worse as the phenomenon hits South Africa.
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Some of the school children whose parents were targeted are forced to stay at home until the situation improves. The fear is that they will be caught in the cross-fire.
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Most of the residents are foreign nationals from African countries like Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. Selling firewood is one of the ways some residents make a living. Collecting recyclable material from the nearby dumpsite is another common means of generating a small income.
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The deployment of the police to the informal settlement in Kya Sands helped to calm the situation, even though shack-dwellers insist that the presence of the police had little impact; that the officers are "soft" when handling the perpetrators of the violence.
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The informal settlement at Kya Sands has no sanitation facilities and the residents are forced to use the "bush bucket system." Only a few households are fortunate enough to have running water. Most of the residents get water from burst pipes along the roadside.
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Vendors and "Spaza Shop" oweners were targeted as part of the violent raids as perpetrators looted for goods. Many were forced to hide in the neaby forest while police carried out searches among the shacks.
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Most of the foreign nationals at Kya Sands prefer their lives in South Africa - living in shacks and getting by on menial work - to the prospect of having to return to their countries.
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Most non-South Africans living in the informal settlement at Kya Sands claim that the presence of police officers does not garuntee them safety. Residents claim that the officers are slow in responding and prefer the presence of soldiers.
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