There is a constant tension between those that have the wealth and those that don't. To me this is universal across the world. In Hout Bay the divide is so clear that it is bound to lead to problems unless it is resolved healthily.

From the squalor of their overcrowded existence, the shantytown inhabitants share a spectacular view of the Hout Bay harbour and surrounding mountains with millionaire neighbours in one of the city's most valuable property markets.

But living within a stone's throw from each other, the communities have little else in common and tensions are rising as squatters grow impatient with delivery of government housing and threats of land grabs make headlines.

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Ehrenreich said it was natural for the haves to protect their interests.

"But there has to be a balance. Black people have so little because white people have so much," he said.

"These inequalities will come back to haunt us and will tear apart our country. It is not sustainable."

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What are the possible resolutions to this situation? On the one extreme we have land invasions, on the other we have the Hout Bay residents building houses for the squatters. Where to for the people of Hout Bay and Imizamo Yethu?