# Joburg’s Upper Houghton mansions ‘now slumlord dumps’

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Podcast: [Daily Maverick](https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-maverick-7095670)
Published: 2026-05-22T13:24:43+00:00
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## Resource

The Joburg heritage area of Upper Houghton is facing severe pressure as historic homes are being vandalised, occupied and falling into disrepair. Daily Maverick’s Anna Cox explains.

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