The situation is reportedly getting desperate in areas affected by flooding at a number of informal settlements in the Cape Peninsula. The police and traffic officials are patrolling Lansdowne road between Site B and Site C in Khayelitsha. This follows separate protests by residents.
They took their frustrations to the streets by burning tyres and dumping refuge bins on the road. The extent of the damage is among issues being discussed at a Western Cape cabinet lekgotla under way in Riversdale. Richard Dyantyi, the provincial government and housing minister, has been tasked to present to cabinet a report on the extent of the damage.
Meanwhile, the Independent Democrats are calling for the army to be brought in to help with flood relief and for Ebrahim Rasool, the premier, to declare the affected informal settlements disaster areas. - SABC
They took their frustrations to the streets by burning tyres and dumping refuge bins on the road. The extent of the damage is among issues being discussed at a Western Cape cabinet lekgotla under way in Riversdale. Richard Dyantyi, the provincial government and housing minister, has been tasked to present to cabinet a report on the extent of the damage.
Meanwhile, the Independent Democrats are calling for the army to be brought in to help with flood relief and for Ebrahim Rasool, the premier, to declare the affected informal settlements disaster areas. - SABC
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