Khayamandi is situated some 45km away from Cape Town. It is an overcrowded settlement of brick and zink houses with about 22 thousand inhabitants. Not far from the settlement there is the highly polluted Plankenbrug River . Community Health Unit at the Stellenbosch University, has found that the water in the river is unsafe for human consumption and irrigation. Thandeka Teyise talked to a resident Golden Mgudlwa and his family about the problem with the sanitary and water maintenance and the fact that the river is polluted.