NATIONAL NEWS - Fear of the coming rainy season has led the so-called Mamelodi flood victims to take action as they embarked on a march to the Mini-Munitoria municipal office demanding answers on the delay of their relocation following corruption claims.
The residents were accompanied by former acting Tshwane mayor Abel Tau to hand over a memorandum to Tshwane metro authorities last Friday.
In 2019, they were displaced from their shacks when the area flooded in heavy rains. Most of them were temporarily accommodated at a church in Mamelodi West.
December Matlala, a representative of the flood victims said “too much corruption” in the relocation process had led to the protest.
“We are experiencing delays for no apparent reason other than corruption,” said Matlala.
“We are very disappointed in the Tshwane metro because now the rainy season is coming, and we don’t want to experience last year’s flooding again.
