STATEMENT BY THE CITY’S MAYORAL COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, COUNCILLOR MALUSI BOOI

Today, 10 January 2023, I accompanied National Minister of Human Settlements, Mmamoloko Kubayi, on a visit to recent fire-affected residents in informal settlements in Dunoon, Masiphumelele, Phola Park in Philippi and Silvertown, Khayelitsha.

City teams are utterly dedicated to providing relief to fire- and flood affected residents within what is possible. Every instance of fire is assessed and a specific approach is developed as all instances will have unique circumstances. The City enables and facilitates soft relief, such as donations as well as much work on site clearing and the reinstatement of services, verification and assessments for assistance.

Since 15 December 2022 to date, more than 1 000 residents in informal settlements have been affected by fires. In the recent fires, the majority of the affected areas are electrified.

In general, in older, long-existing City-supplied informal settlements, where it has been possible to do, almost 100% of the settlements are electrified.

We look forward to working together with all stakeholders to enhance our emergency response after fires and floods in informal settlements in a feasible and well-defined manner.

For information on the City’s Human Settlements Strategy visit:

http://bit.ly/CCT-HSStrategy

Source: City Of Cape Town