Imizamo Yethu falls victim to fire — again — with at least 300 displaced: Living in Imizamo Yethu in Cape Town’s Hout Bay is like living in a tinderbox.
“I was in Noordhoek and received a call from my sister saying there’s another fire and it’s close to my house. People tried to take stuff out of my house for me because I was a victim of last year’s fire too. They only got my suitcase, my daughters’ clothes and my fridge. I had lost all my documents in the previous fire,” she said.
Life is hard enough being a single parent to her children who are 13 and 2, and looking after her autistic sister. Said Sablay, “In the next few hours we will have the exact figures of structures lost and people displaced.” The team was on the ground on Monday morning providing hot meals, blankets, toiletries, baby packs and other essential items.
Sablay said it is a direct result of a lack of proper housing and that the situation on the ground is “dire”.“Gift of the Givers has been here at least seven times in the past few years and it is often the same section, Madiba Square. There are some people who have been victims of fire three or four times. Permanent structures are the answer. People have been on the waiting list for so long. National government must come and give answers.
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