About five million South Africans live in the 1066 informal settlements spread across the country. Answering a question in Parliament, Housing Minister Bridgitte Mabandla said 1,376,706 households reside in the settlements. The highest concentration of informal settlements was found in Gauteng which has 181 settlements containing 448,393 households.
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