What does the evidence show?
The housing list is the council's record of people waiting for a home. Some got no home or were taken off it.
Verified means an official record, or two major news outlets, show it is true.
In Johannesburg, people long on the housing list were not given houses or were removed from it.
Council record
Some people on Johannesburg's housing list for years got no house or were removed from it, the Auditor-General found.
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