Friday, September 10, 2010

ANC says proper housing can prevent shack fires

The ANC in the Western Cape on Thursday said formal housing is the most effective way to stop deadly shack fires.

Party leaders in the province visited the relatives of six people killed when their shack was gutted by a fire last Sunday. Four of the dead were children.

The cause of the blaze was still unknown.

The ANC’s Mcebisi Skwatsha said they wanted to see the family.

“We felt that when our people are under such difficulty we have to feel the pain with them. We came to say to the family we are with them in this hour of need,” said Skwatsha.

He said service delivery must be prioritised.

“As long as people live in such conditions we are bound to have these unfortunate situations."

- Eyewitness News
Interesting the ANC never thought so when Richard Dyanti was in charge of housing, because all we have to show for that National Flagship Project The N2 Gateway are a few hundred units, now the Special advisor to the Minister of Human Settlements... now suddenly fire is a problem.

Here is a list of the Fires in Informal Human Settlements in the past decade including during ANC rule of both the province and municipality..

Tokyo (sic Minister of Human Settlements) recently told some residents that - he wasn't told...



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