Land shortage hampering efforts to relocate thousands affected by WC floods - Kubayi
Heavy rains, gale force winds and floodings have ravaged many parts of the province this week, with communities in Cape Town being the worst affected.
A number of homes in the Endlovini informal settlement in Khayelitsha, in Cape Town were damaged when a storm hit the area on 11 July 2024. Picture: @The_DHS/X
CAPE TOWN - The Department of Human Settlements has highlighted a shortage of land in the Western Cape to relocate those devastated by the recent floods.
Heavy rains, gale-force winds and flooding have ravaged many parts of the province this week, with communities in Cape Town being the worst affected.
Thousands of displaced people are being accommodated at community halls and temporary spaces.
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Speaking on the sidelines of a Cabinet lekgotla in Pretoria on Saturday, Human Settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi said many informal settlements had been submerged and were now unliveable.
"The challenge in the City of Cape Town is particularly land availability and the requirements we have got to follow in terms of processes of approvals for land to use.
"So currently those that were affected in terms of their buildings, formal structures, the assessment has been done by NHBRC, we have received the first report, there were quite a number of houses that were later added, we are hoping by Monday we will have an intervention in terms of fixing those houses."