A total of 337 people have been displaced after a fire tore through Khayelitsha’s Tsepe Tsepe Informal Settlement on Sunday.
COURTESY: CoCTThe City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk management said 177
structures were destroyed.
‘’The City’s
Informal Settlements Management Branch is on site and has approached National
Human Settlements to aid rebuilding efforts, although some residents have
already started rebuilding their structures. Others are staying with friends
and family in the immediate vicinity. In the interim, efforts continue to along
with local community leadership and religious organizations to arrange
emergency sheltering,’’ said Charlotte Powell, City of Cape Town’s Disaster
Risk Management spokesperson.
‘’SASSA and the Department of Social Development have
arrived on site, and Gift of the Givers too continue to assist with immediate
humanitarian relief needs. Eskom and the City’s Water and Sanitation Department
have been activated to attend to infrastructure damage and restore electricity
and water supply, as well as ablution facilities,’’ she added.
Done by: Mitchum George
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