Overnight, about 800 informal structures were destroyed, leaving hundreds of people without shelter.
CAPE TOWN - The National Minister of Human Settlements, Mmamoloko Kubayi, said that residents of the Endlovini informal settlement in Khayelitsha would be moved on Thursday.
This comes after the minister visited Khayelitsha on Thursday to assess the damage caused by the series of cold fronts that hit the Western Cape.Nomzi Siyoka says her Ward Councillor, Lonwabo Mqina and the Gift of the Givers including local supermarkets have been helping out with food, toiletries, and other necessities. She however says children are getting sick because their clothes and blankets are wet.
The minister said that officials from her department would assist local disaster management teams to relocate those affected. She said that responses to disaster-related incidents by municipalities had not been ideal over the years. "The reason we took this responsibility from municipalities and provinces was because of performance. The fact that I’m here first, as a national minister, and the MMC himself has not been to ward 99, says a lot. You can’t issue statements in offices not interacting with communities, not interacting with the ground."
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