THEKWANE NORTH – A family of seven lives in fear of being evicted from an RDP house which it has illegally occupied since January 2012.
These people plead with anyone who can help them own a house, to assist.
The family’s plight had caused stress and restlessness especially to the breadwinner Ms Fikile Ndzimande (28) who relies on temporal jobs.
She lives with her two children, her 21-year-old unemployed sister Masi Nkosi who also has two children and the unemployed brother Aubrey (20).
They are not sure who the house belongs to because it was mainly used to accommodate people in need of shelter. They have requested a house that is not occupied or a place they could rent.
“I cannot cope any longer, living in fear of being evicted and not having a place where I can raise my children and my sister’s children – it is wearing me down fast,” said Ndzimandze.
She said she still waits for her own RDP house for which she applied many years ago.
“I have wasted a lot of money going back and forth to the Human Settlement offices checking on the progress of my application for a RDP house, but it has been months now with no straight answer, I spoke to an official, Ms Portia Mthembu, and she told me that she had done her job and handed in the paperwork to be signed by the chief director. I don’t know how long I have to wait,” she said.
Mpumalanga News invited comment from Mthembu and she said the department was fully aware of Fikile’s situation and was willing to assist her.
“We are fully aware of her living conditions and we have done the necessary paper work needed and we are waiting for dates for when their house will be built after handing over a written memorandum for approval, and sometime this week we will know exactly when it will start,” said Mthembu.
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