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    Wait a while, we’ll fix your house: Makana

    Grocott's MailBy Grocott's MailMay 26, 2011No Comments2 Mins Read
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    The municipality cannot say when it will repair a hole that municipal workers left in the wall of Extension 9 resident Vuyo Booi's house.

    The opening was created to release sewage that had flooded the house in Kota Street two weeks ago, and Booi claims that municipality workers promised to fix the wall but did not return to finish the job.

    The municipality cannot say when it will repair a hole that municipal workers left in the wall of Extension 9 resident Vuyo Booi's house.

    The opening was created to release sewage that had flooded the house in Kota Street two weeks ago, and Booi claims that municipality workers promised to fix the wall but did not return to finish the job.

    Booi is the founder of the Sakhuluntu Cultural Group, and says that property of the group that is stored in the house was damaged by the sewage.

    “If the sewage has damaged Sakhuluntu Cultural Group's props and other goods in the house, the owner should report that to the municipality and we will see if we can assist,” said municipal spokesperson Thandy Matebese. 

    "The house is going to be fixed as soon as possible but we cannot say when," he added. Matebese explained that it would take time for the municipality to follow its processes before the owner is compensated for the damaged goods.

    However, Booi is also concerned for his health and that of his father, Zukile Tulwana, who also lives in the house. Booi says the house is "intolerably" cold due to the uncovered hole and that it may cause them sickness.

    “When the workers drilled the hole I asked them if they were going to fix it later. They told me that the municipality has the money to do so,” Booi said.

    "I spend my money buying paraffin for my heater but that doesn't make a difference.” Tulwana said he was coming down with flu because of the wet floor in his house.

    "The cold in this house makes me think that sometimes the heat is better outside than inside,” he said.

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