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Six years later Eastern Cape storm victims still without houses

Some found their names were never on the beneficiary list

Siyeni Zenze stands in front of the ruins of one of three mud houses he lost during a storm in 2020. He is still waiting for the RDP house he says he was promised. Photo: Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik.

In 2020, a storm destroyed about 100 homes in Cwaru village in the Eastern Cape. The storm victims were promised state houses and they registered for them.
About 60 storm victims received houses in November 2022, but about 20 are still waiting. Meanwhile, some people whose homes survived the storm have been given new homes.
Siyeni Zenze, who lost three mud houses in the storm, says he registered for a house but the provincial human settlements department says he was never on the…

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