WATCH: New Village informal settlement residents plead for relocation: ‘Nothing is going good for us’

CAPE TOWN - Residents of New Village informal settlement in Nomzamo near Strand, Cape Town, are pleading with government to relocate them to another area.

Recent heavy downpours in the Mother City caused flooding in several areas including Khayelitsha, Dunoon, Philippi, Gugulethu, Kraaifontein, Hout Bay and Belgravia.

City of Cape Town Disaster Management officials have assessed 41 informal settlements, where more than a thousand 200 structures have been flooded.

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New Village is one of the worst affected areas by the recent rains.

Flooding has forced a group of about 200 people to leave their homes and take shelter at a local community hall.

Buyiswa Magaba told Eyewitness News that she's been a resident of New Village informal settlement since it was formed in 2008.

However, Magaba said they had been crying for basic services since then.

"Other informal settlements formed after ours have electricity, and we don't. Nothing is going good for us."

Community leader Thulani Nonyathi said this had been their story since the formation of the area in 2008.

"The only thing that can help us now is to be relocated to another area. People are seeking shelter at a local community hall. This situation we find ourselves in every year."

The City’s Disaster Risk Management Centre said assessments of weather-related impacts were continuing.