Out of Bounds? Cape Town's Cleanup for the World Cup

As soccer stars and fans converge in South Africa for the World Cup, Christopher Werth travels into the Cape Town slums to investigate reports that people are being displaced to make way for the games. Werth's reporting was supported in part by a grant from CIR's Henry Demarest Lloyd Investigative Fund.

+ Watch part two of this series: South Africa's Shadows: A Journey into the "Bad Buildings" of Johannesburg

+ Read Christopher Werth's article in Newsweek: Kicked Out for the Cup?

REPORTER: Christopher Werth

MULTIMEDIA PRODUCER and EDITOR: Carrie Ching

EDITORIAL ADVISOR: Mark Schapiro

PHOTOGRAPHY: Christopher Werth; United Nations; Ken Hackman; Andres de Wet; Victor Geere; Frombelow; flowcomm; warrenski; Frerieke; valkyrieh116; Tom Nguyen/enviziondotnet; DonDomingo; adamcnelson/super.heavy; United Nations Photo bbcworldservice; (H) foto-grafic; NESRI; The Raz/Raz Barneg

VIDEO: Christopher Werth, Simon Krzic

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