Halls refuge for those left homeless after heavy rains

Celeste Ganga
28 July 2007

About 14 halls across the Western Province have been opened to refuge thousands of residents who were left stranded after heavy down pours hit the Cape this week.

“Approximately 15 000 people are currently affected in terms of flooding,” says Johan Minnie from Disaster Management.

Minnie says that the amount of people that have been placed in the halls is difficult to determine.

Many people, who were affected by the heavy rainfall on Friday night, were placed in one of nine emergency shelters that were made available on the night.

Minnie adds, “Approximately seventy people are using these emergency shelters.”