About 1,500 of the 5,500 people flooded out of their shacks by downpours on the Cape Flats this week were still being accommodated in community halls, the city said.
Disaster management spokesperson Wilfred Solomons-Johannes said they could not go back to their homes because of the health risks posed by pools of stagnant water.
About 4,000 people had returned to their communities to protect their homes and belongings, he said.
The rest were still being accommodated in the Brown's Farm and Weltevreden community halls.
City workers had been deployed in the affected areas to pump out the stagnant water. - Sapa
Disaster management spokesperson Wilfred Solomons-Johannes said they could not go back to their homes because of the health risks posed by pools of stagnant water.
About 4,000 people had returned to their communities to protect their homes and belongings, he said.
The rest were still being accommodated in the Brown's Farm and Weltevreden community halls.
City workers had been deployed in the affected areas to pump out the stagnant water. - Sapa
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