South Africa: Highrises, Hellholes and Healthcare – Hillbrow's Heritage Story

[spotlight] Hillbrow started out as Johannesburg’s first health hub in the late 1880s. It’s also been a suburb associated with pimps and prostitution, a middle finger to the Nationalist Party, and a key site of the HIV crisis. Today, it’s the forgotten flatlands of inner city decay … but in small pockets it stays true to its heritage of bringing healthcare to the city’s most overlooked.



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Publish date : 2024-10-16 07:11:56

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