There are no official census records, but estimates suggest some 150,000 to 250,000 people live here.
Each house usually houses between six to ten people and a high percentage are rental properties.
The residents use dug out canoe to navigate the canals that crisscross between the houses.
The only way to get potable water is to buy them from vendors who get it from boreholes.
The government provides no free water to Makoko residents.
Indeed, the government doesnt want Makoko residents living there at all.
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The floating school.
Photo credit: NLE architects
Photo credit: NLE architects
Source:Aljazeera/CNN/Future Cape Town
