Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Cape RDP houses destroyed by freak storm

At least 30 RDP houses in Vredenburg on the Cape West Coast have been damaged during a freak storm that struck the area last night. Deputy Mayor in Saldhana Bay, Frank Mbanze, says the roofs of the RDP houses are blown off, and about eight informal dwellings are also affected.

He says with the assistance of disaster management they are able to assist the families affected. Mbanze says they are in the process of assessing the damage and will be asking provincial government for assistance.

Mbanze says: "Those 33 houses, our verification is that some of them have to be rebuilt ... there was also damage to three wendy houses, which were completely destroyed." - SABC

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