Hello Johnwhelan and thank you for your enquiry!

Most of the "highways" in this area are actually just paths, which theoretically could be used by cars, but the people living here generally don't have one. The neighbourhood is characterised by great poverty. People walk here.

In recent years, many people without local knowledge have often entered "roads" (HOTOSM mappers are particularly bad), so it has proved useful to map the routes as "service roads" (although "paths" would often be more appropriate) so that at least there is no permanent need for corrections.

If you have the opportunity to visit the Informal Settlements, you will realise that all the mappers working here can live with the "Service Road compromise".

Best regards, otji73