Architect Walks 1,600km to Spotlight South Africa’s Housing Crisis
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A South African architect is walking from Durban to Cape Town to protest the country’s housing crisis. His journey was inspired by an aunt who died waiting for a government home.
South African architect and social entrepreneur Wandile Mthiyane is walking nearly 1,600km from Durban to Cape Town to raise awareness about the country’s housing crisis.
The journey was inspired by his childhood in informal settlements and the recent death of his aunt, who passed away while still waiting for an RDP house.
Mthiyane says the walk is both a protest and a call for housing dignity in a country where millions still lack proper homes decades after democracy.
Along the route, he is also promoting Ubuntu Home, an AI-powered platform designed to help people design and finance homes more easily.
The architect, recently accepted into Harvard University for a master’s program, hopes the project can eventually scale housing solutions beyond South Africa.
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