Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • In the words of Nelson Mandela, “To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity”
  • Avbob 2023 Poetry Competition Winner: Sithembele Isaac Xhegwana of Makhanda
  • Flooding at the James Kleynhans Water Treatment Works
  • Avbob 2023 Poetry Competition Second Place: Jeannie Wallace McKeown of Makhanda
  • Residents of Extensions Nine, 10, Transit Camp, Phumlani and Enkanini voice discontent!
  • Makhanda Creatives Speak Out
  • Running towards a drug and alcohol-free Makhanda
  • What’s On 23 – 30 March
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Grocott's Mail
You are at:Home»Uncategorized»Housing on the way for tornado victims
Uncategorized

Housing on the way for tornado victims

Busisiwe HohoBy Busisiwe HohoMay 10, 2010No Comments2 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

Victims of the 2008 tornado will have to wait for a few more months for the permanent houses promised to them by former Housing MEC Thobile Mhlahlo.

“The damage-repair shouldn’t take long now; by the end of the year everything should be completed,” said Department of Housing spokesperson Lwandile Sicwetsha.

Victims of the 2008 tornado will have to wait for a few more months for the permanent houses promised to them by former Housing MEC Thobile Mhlahlo.

“The damage-repair shouldn’t take long now; by the end of the year everything should be completed,” said Department of Housing spokesperson Lwandile Sicwetsha.

Until then the victims of 161 severely damaged houses will have to rely on their fold away zinc houses which were delivered to them in December 2008.

The municipality applied for a grant of R8.77-million from the provincial government to repair the damaged houses of the area which was declared a disaster zone.

“It has been a long process because the municipality has had to assess the extent of the damage and they have had to gather a lot of other information.

It was only after that, that they could get the go-ahead for the building,” said Sicwetsha. “It has been a lot of work which takes a long time.”

Three months ago Makana Municipality spokesperson Thandy Matebese confirmed that a housing plan had been approved at a mayoral committee meeting held at the end of last year.

He was not available to comment on any updates since that meeting. However, Sicwetsha is confident this would all end soon and requested patience from everyone.

“The contractor should be on the site fixing the houses at this very moment,” Sicwetsha said. “I know it is taking long, but the tornado victims must remember we are always here to assist them.”

Previous ArticleOpen manhole poses a threat in Extension 6
Next Article Locals unite against High Court move
Busisiwe Hoho

Comments are closed.

Tweets by Grocotts
Newsletter



Listen

The Rhodes University Community Engagement Division has launched Engagement in Action, a new podcast which aims to bring to life some of the many ways in which the University interacts with communities around it. Check it out below.

Humans of Makhanda

Humans of Makhanda

Weather    |     About     |     Advertise     |     Subscribe     |     Contact     |     Support Grocott’s Mail

© 2023 Maintained by School of Journalism & Media Studies.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.