Athenkosi Mvane
President Jacob Zuma today handed
over the first 24 houses out of 100 promised by Gift of the Givers to the New
Years Day fire victims in BM Section.
The New Years Day fire in
Khayelitsha left 4 000 people homeless more than 920 shacks burnt and
three people were killed.
Western Cape Branch Manager for Gift
of the Givers Gawa Sayed
said that the houses
are made of colour coded corrugated iron sheets.
“It has gutters, it
has a water tank placed to catch rain water, and it has two windows, a stable
door and its coded green” Sayed said.
Sayed added that
the interior is made with new tech board, fully painted inside with a ceiling.
Each has a bed, a
mattress for the children, bedding, linen and food parcels.
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