Community members of the La Lucia informal settlement in Clairwood in the south of Durban, are asking to be moved to more suitable land.About 100 shacks have been affected in this area. Ward Committee Member Manana Msimanga says they are always affected when there are heavy rains.
“All the water was coming from the gate and all the houses were flooded. There is a lot of water in the rooms, it’s Tuesday today, we are sleeping in the water. And last year in November, there was fire, we used to stay on the other side.” Another affected resident is 65-year-old Fikile Ncwane. She says she has lost everything and is asking government to help her.
“It’s too bad here, I’m sleeping in the water. I stay in a shack, everyday and night, I have been trying to get the water out.” KwaZulu-Natal Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi has urged residents to stay vigilant due to ongoing heavy rains. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
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