An eThekwini ward councillor has apologised for swearing at a resident who asked for assistance after devastating floods wreaked havoc in KwaZulu-Natal.
Themba Mkhize, eThekwini ward 25 councillor, texted “f**k you” to a Springtown resident who asked for assistance and intervention via Whatsapp and complained two minutes later that the councillor was ignoring pleas for help.
Raeesa Joosab, who posted the screenshot on Facebook, told TimesLIVE that the community was outraged by such a response from a public representative, especially under the circumstances. Residents who spoke to TimesLIVE at the Montford Community Hall detailed their horror experiences that left them with nothing following torrential rains on Monday and Tuesday last week.
All she could do was take cover under her metal single bed and form a human shield with the two children under her. “We sat, we cried and we got over it because you can’t cry about it every day. It’s not going to bring it back or solve the situation unless somebody takes time to look into people’s lives and what they went through.”