One Country, Two Planets
Inside Pretoria's most violent suburb
Laudium has been described in the media as one of South Africa's most violent townships. In a place where violence, robbery, and murder a daily occurrences, it's plain to see why.
The end of apartheid in South Africa promised new wave of opportunity and positivity nationwide. Yet one Pretorian suburb in particular, Laudium, was left behind as investment and talent quickly upped to more affluent areas of the country. Over ten years on, what remains in Laudium is an ever-growing cycle of crime for the residents of Laudium after it was turned it into a hotspot for robbery, drug abuse, and murder.
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