ABSTRACT
Crossroads was once a squatter settlement known for factional conflicts and the warlords who presided over the allocation of houses and resources there, in collusion with the apartheid authorities. Now it is integrated into the adjacent townships. The building the most notorious of the warlords once occupied, now derelict, is where Mama N. relocated her crèche and pre-school a few years ago. It belongs to the local authority, and during the day there are 63 children in it, up to the age of six years. There is also a large and flourishing vegetable garden. Produce is sold to the community. To the elderly and sick it is given away.
