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Housing project for KZN flood victims creeps forward

Hundreds more families are in rented emergency accommodation

113 homes have been handed over to flood victims in Cornubia. Hundreds more families are still waiting for permanent housing. Photos: Joseph Bracken
Over 100 families displaced during floods have finally been given homes in Cornubia, north of Durban. Hundreds more families in eThekwini are living in temporary emergency accommodation awaiting permanent homes.
Zodwa Magwaza, whose shack was destroyed in flooding in April 2022, has been living in temporary accommodation paid for by the municipality since 2023.
“This is my first real home,” said Magwaza.
The 113 homes in Cornubia were handed over in May, but were supposed to have been completed in December 2025. These are among 1,200 houses being built by the KwaZulu-Natal human settlements department and the…

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