Day 2 - Why are People Walking on the Highways?

Day 2 - As we were driving from Soweto into Joberg (Johannesburg), we noticed during afternoon rush hour, a large number of people walking on the side of the highways. We had to take a second, triple, and a forth look because we couldn't believe what my eyes were seeing. They were walking for miles, headed home from work. We also noticed many white vans on the highways, these vans were transporting people to and from work. Nearly 30 percent of the population is unemployed in South Africa and those who are working, might live in a township, like Soweto. The conditions in Soweto were unbelievable, a lot of the Black people still live in poverty level conditions. So many of them do not have running water nor electricity, so they do not have heat for the cold weather (the temperature could go as low as the 40's in the winter time), and they do not have a toilet inside their home, and some of the galvanized zinc roofs have large stones placed on them, in order to hold them down. So these people definitely would not have their own transportation to and from work. How could this be? Apartheid ended in 1994 and a Black government has been in place for around 20 years. So you can see where I am coming from, here is a picture of a few people washing clothes next to their shantytown homes.  Tiffany & Kennard