Residents of flood-hit informal settlements on the Cape flats have set up burning tyre barricades on Lansdowne road.
They say authorities have ignored their pleas for emergency assistance. Thousands of residents across the Peninsula are reeling as heavy downpours lashed down last night. Several streets in formal sections of Gugulethu have also been flooded and homes are under water.
Zanele Huna, a resident, said she had to carry her child on her back to the nearest dry area where her transport to school will be able to collect the child.
Huna says they have remained locked inside their wet houses for about a week now although they have notified the council, and emphasised that they were paying rates and taxes too and deserve assistance during emergencies. - SABC
They say authorities have ignored their pleas for emergency assistance. Thousands of residents across the Peninsula are reeling as heavy downpours lashed down last night. Several streets in formal sections of Gugulethu have also been flooded and homes are under water.
Zanele Huna, a resident, said she had to carry her child on her back to the nearest dry area where her transport to school will be able to collect the child.
Huna says they have remained locked inside their wet houses for about a week now although they have notified the council, and emphasised that they were paying rates and taxes too and deserve assistance during emergencies. - SABC
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