MEC Madikizela hands over homes to two disabled beneficiaries
Imogen Vollenhoven
21
March 2013
Oom added that the second family is headed Mr Miggels was involved in a motor vehicle accident in 1997.
The Western Cape MEC of Human Settlements
Bonginkosi Madikizela will today be handing over houses to two beneficiaries
with special needs in Khayelitsha.
Ministerial Spokesperson Bruce Oom said the
department during the 16 Days of Activism in 2012 committed itself to build
homes in Liltha Park
Oom said the first family is headed by Mr
Dingiswayo, who has been living in a shack erected on the pavement in
Khayelitsha.
“Mr Dingiswayo, who is taken care of by his
wife, is wheel chair bound after having lost a leg and having a stroke, and
found it very difficult to access shared sanitation services,” Said Oom
Oom added that the second family is headed Mr Miggels was involved in a motor vehicle accident in 1997.
“As a disabled person he encounters extreme
difficulties to get to the ground floor and back of his 3rd floor council
apartment. Mr Miggels wife is his caretaker and they both survive on a
government Disability grant,” said Oom
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