W Cape Floods | 'Residents of Cape Town's informal settlements would welcome relocation'

Cape Town Disaster Management says 14 000 informal structures have been impacted by flooding and wind damage in the Cape Metro thus far.
These include areas in Khayelitsha, Lwandle, Gugulethu and Tafelsig, among others.
SABC News reporter Vanessa Poonah joins us live for more.
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[@cillamurfin258]

Feel truly sad that there are homeless people out there. Makes me feel so much more appreciation for my humble home and a comfortable bed. The weather can be very cruel.

[@ayaNjah]

But where are they originally from? Those places aren't environments for building informal homes. Infrastructure is important. They should never have built there. Sorry not sorry. You can't make poor choices and then expect others to help you when it inevitably fails. People have been warning about these informal settlements for decades and every year it's the same thing. Insanity. Literally.

[@PreachingChief]

Fully agree.

[@user-hd4hr2yo4l]

It's done so that they get housing quicker than people who on waiting lists for years n most of people not from CT

[@tfashion5294]

But you guys don't understand white people choose a better places black people are always given a place like and because we don't have a right to choose land for ourselves

[@kindoh2260]

Even if they get the housing, they still rent it out and continue living in shacks, so not really sorry for them​@@user-hd4hr2yo4l

[@berniewilliams3254]

​@@PreachingChiefI agree too.

So when will they learn not to build there evey year its the same storey

[@The_Angry_BeEconomist]

just because one has information, doesn't mean one can act on it someone as educated and learned as yourself should know that, unless ofcourse you are not educated and learned...

@@The_Angry_BeEconomist doing the same thing over and over and expect a different outcome ??? You dont need to be educated just learn from your mistakes

[@The_Angry_BeEconomist]

so they can just pick up their things and go where? if you don't have a practical credible solution then you are more delusional than the people who you think are delusional

[@Bianca-sw5id]

They build on flood plains because they think they are helping themselves living near water

@@The_Angry_BeEconomist you are so funny

[@Bree-XYZ]

THE DA DON'T CONTROL THE WEATHER .

[@justrandom4304]

The DA must give job and opportunity it has promised with that tax money they must be relieved.

[@busisiwemangethe6290]

DA CATER FOR ONLY RICH PEOPLE..

[@lwandotame6325]

I find it so annoyingly racist and arrogant of you to even comment. If you were the ones who were invaded, enslaved and colonised you'd be on the side of this and wouldn't be this bold and sure of yourself. These people are living a legacy of your forefathers' cruelty from which you benefit. I'm sure if you weren't privileged you'd be swimming as well in sewerage especially with your ignorance. PATHETIC!!!

[@edgarj4815]

stop building shacks everywhere, maybe just maybe the area isn’t made for housing

[@caimaccoinnich9594]

So why do we choose to live in low-lying areas that flood?

[@mlulekishezi1798]

Stupid response, isn't you stole land here in south africa, where the people supposed to build their house, this will be sorted out soon, Dr Judge Hlophe will change constitution soon

[@lesiba5382]

I just want to know what must DA do exactly? If they move them, more people will go and build there after that, so they have to move them again? Until when? They did tell them not to build there. The Cape peninsula is running out of land for development, unless they are lying to us, but go read about it.

[@Bianca-sw5id]

There is not sufficient law enforcement all over South Africa to prevent individuals building on flood plains because it's exhausting

[@mikestone8461]

they will be moved around until there are enough none DA voters sent there.

[@kindoh2260]

Exactly my question to. What does mother nature's weather got to do with politics.

[@faith_myopinion6888]

Saying that these people don't learn or sorry not sorry is wild and ridiculous. It's like saying to a starving person sorry not sorry you got a stomach bug cause you ate from a bin. Those people are not happily just living in those areas, they're desperate. Show a little remorse or give them solutions.

[@annatjiekruger77]

She know that this is happening every year, but does not move away from the dam, or make a plan to prevent the water flooding her house!

[@Bianca-sw5id]

Doing the same thing over and over again and deliberately expecting others to eventually pay for what she doesnt because her mom didn't teach her how to make her life sustainable

[@XBooks.]

Einstein said it

[@andyparmanthatcolouredhips8554]

They must help the people help themselves

[@XBooks.]

Happens every year? And you didn't move? So why did you build there?

[@mongezimbeta5421]

who said they must stay there ?

[@adonis_yandiswa]

Where should they stay?

[@mongezimbeta5421]

Somewhere it won't flood i guess ??

[@cloudstrife8791]

​@@adonis_yandiswaEC where they came from. Its an EWC paradise up in the mountains why is everyone leaving to be here.

[@pgmbodybuilding323]

​@@cloudstrife8791so what if they came from there since when do you control where people should stay in South Africa?

[@pgmbodybuilding323]

​@@mongezimbeta5421 you are an idiot

[@germanmechanic.]

i wonder who makes the place dirty and then complain its dirty🤔

[@mlulekishezi1798]

Stupid response

[@germanmechanic.]

@@mlulekishezi1798 yeah because everything that's true now a days are stupid right😘

[@neosehloho1802]

You

[@XBooks.]

When they move her she will say: "it's too far for work"

[@benjahilunga9793]

Who's fault is that??????

[@yonelamjo2874]

It's your fault.

[@Bianca-sw5id]

They must be moved to where it's dry that they have to learn how to look after the minimum water get because they can't be trusted with water

[@azizgierdien4837]

Comments like yours shows where the root problem lies

[@PreachingChief]

Yes, the problem is with those who decide to stay in stupid places.

[@Aninomazi_]

Buza unyoko msunu

[@XBooks.]

Can I get a free house too

[@XBooks.]

Why do you think people did not build there in the past?

[@julienicks8691]

I'm from close by, most of the people living in this area are foreigners. They had electricity during load shedding due to illegal connection. Even though they are foreigners coming here was the only option to survive. I feel bad that they have to go through this bad situation. I pray every government takes care of its citizens so they don't have to move to a foreign country and build shacks in waterlogged areas. Shame on the government of these foreigners.

[@tiahnahgobel2738]

I'm so so sorry you're suffering. It's so sad. At the same time we can't expect the government to fix this. There are too many illegal structures, the middle class who gets taxed left, right and center, are being diminished. There isn't money to build free houses for everyone. Please stop building illegal structures. Please

[@lenroos6624]

Sorry they are flooded,but they are illegal squatters.They are not supposed to be there and the area is unsuitable for residence,now it is the governments fault,that is bull sh(one)t

[@Sq7Arno]

These people have it tough, but this is often the nature of informal settlement. No planning. People put a shack up, without clearance, in places where otherwise nothing would be built. No surveyors. No stormwater drains. No electricity. No running water. No roads even. Somebody carried bits of building material, and built a shack in a field, without any consultation, and then claimed squatting rights. At least half the informal settlements around Cape Town sprung up exactly in low lying areas that were considered too flood prone. And which with global warming will eventually even in parts be underwater, but unlivable long before that. It can be no other way. Who thought it was a great idea to build rickety shacks, building codes be damned, on flood plains? Who was so clever?

[@sindisimelane6119]

It's very sad 💔💔💔😭😭💔

[@lillian9221]

I feel sorry for them but with high seas and much rain, flooding is going to happen.

[@Bianca-sw5id]

But are they going to prevent more inhabitants from moving there when others are relocated ?

[@mikestone8461]

no, its just an excuse to bus in more none DA voters from other provinces to go and build other informal settlements in the same locations.

[@LAPolarBear]

Sad but it's why the city keeps moving the informal settlements away from these areas but they keep fighting city and moving back.

[@mikeroberts5072]

Sometimes thats the only place they can stay. Im sure they dont choose to stay there but it would be worthwhile biulding their houses on stilts to avoid flooding into the house

[@fredlenz4743]

Where is National Government in all of this?

[@pgmbodybuilding323]

Ask the DA.

[@esilevinichronicles4269]

The DA has the budget for Western Cape

[@neosehloho1802]

Any organisation around Johannesburg that will take used clothes and household items. Gift of Givers takes money donations and new items.

[@chrismartincoldplay2023]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@EuniceKubeka]

Okubuhlungu bagcinileke ngekusababona bezonceda into yabo lena sesiyabazi thina

[@alfredkingstone5581]

To say go back Ec is rude, but stop pointing fingers to DA which have 1 month in in power of 20%.Anc suppose building all space in western Cape ❤

[@mikestone8461]

when you build an illegal settlement in wetlands.

[@user-ed3yh1lg1o]

Anger? Its winter.

[@gerhardlesch3615]

0:11 Tafel"siegh"?

[@rocketsunny2423]

lol

[@AhmadNicks]

Now's talk

[@LikhoFayo]

😢😢💔💔

[@sibusisomhlongo1517]

Poor government of Da when coming to the natives... It fails to provide Rdp houses for the poor were they are governing and improve the lives of the people... Those people cant be facing one problem every year it show that they being ingored by the Da

[@PriscillaPlaatjies-n6m]

Im nobesuthu plaatjies still waiting for srd grant for years

[@EuniceKubeka]

Abancedi ngalutho kumnandi nje ukuvela bekhuluma isingiso

[@loginroberts6673]

It’s Winter and We need RAIN

[@justrandom4304]

The DA must give jobs and opportunity it has promised with that tax money they must be relieved.

[@moseshlahla7387]

Maybe you built on wrong land(hence informal settlement.

[@jacquelinemiller5823]

Thanks the ANC who you voted for

[@bhekisibiluane4030]

Too old for that mentality bud. That's a Western cape DA run, no time for blame game mentality. South Africa does need people like you in this country.

[@MelissaMbetshu]

1:01 1:02

[@sanelegoodenough325]

Why build in a dangerous wet places

[@user-ou6js5yu5f]

You can't blem the Government for the rain, you must know that the rain

[@sanelegoodenough325]

Amapondo nokuthanda imijondolo... Nizomuka

[@user-ou6js5yu5f]

The rain comes from above the Sky so you can not blem the Government for it

[@fernandodavids8493]

Mam that is the reason you get a architect and a inspector for these reasons. Draining systems etc should be in place for all you know you might be living in a ditch, understand❤.

[@Bree-XYZ]

Will all the E.Cape, N.Cape and from wherever go back to where they came from . They live and put up shacks all over, so why complain ..

[@pgmbodybuilding323]

It's they country and their ancestors didn't come here on ...

[@Bianca-sw5id]

They do it even in Townships in Gauteng because there is no law enforcement stopping them polluting

[@Aninomazi_]

😢 heartless bastards. Mnqundu

[@Macedonia270]

At least the IMPORTANT people (the ANC and DA bigwigs) are safe, dry, warm, well-fed and taken care of....

[@KAB4676]

As in every other province...

[@Aninomazi_]

CAPE TOWN HAS MASHANGANE AS WELL MARA STHULE WE DNT SAY GO BACK TO LIMPOPO...

[@XBooks.]

Puni😂

[@lwandotame6325]

Vote DA neh???

[@RMMrM-bf3zv]

ANC & DA can visit Ukrain n Palestine but our ppl are dying everyday 😅😅

[@quintusvandermerwe4138]

This is what happens if you vote for the ANC.

[@loginroberts6673]

Where is PA😂😂

[@joeycook4012]

PA is not running the western cape

[@XBooks.]

Anc is to blame 😂

[@azizgierdien4837]

DA - the city that works for the rich - most unequal city in the world

[@lightningRatPack]

have you head of sandton and alexander. Get an education.

[@esilevinichronicles4269]

​@@lightningRatPack At least Gauteng has provided land for middle income groups

[@mikestone8461]

It just allows many people with absolutely nothing to go and live there and set up illegal settlements......then idiots like you can come up with crazy conspiracy theories that somehow the white folk are forcing the people to live that way.

[@lightningRatPack]

@@esilevinichronicles4269 shows you have never been to cape town. cape town is expensive because everyone wants to live there under the DA its called supplier and demand.

[@KAB4676]

Why do the people move here then? Leaving behind their tribal land and grand homes in EC and KZN?

[@davidopsina3871]

This is 100% the DA fault. Fcukin useless party.

[@luzukodalasile465]

Vote for DA

[@AriseProtectDefend]

How much million did the DA spend on Newlands swimming baths?

[@lee.ndokuhle_M]

The DA exposed again

[@rocketsunny2423]

what do mean, they there illegally... mainly because lack of jobs in ANC provinces

[@businesspins5825]

So the DA can control the weather 🤦🏻 Excessive litter and rubbish clogs the drains. Overcrowding makes it worse. Building informal dwellings without planning permission in flood plains is not fault of DA.

[@lesiba5382]

Go help them. Even if they relocate them, more people will build there again.

[@pgmbodybuilding323]

It's never their fault, remember as long as you not white you not part of their country and its none of their business what happens to you. You only needed for votes.

[@pgmbodybuilding323]

​@@businesspins5825it's never their fault on anything as long as their people are fine. Typical of white people.

[@martinmuller7127]

so sad, where's you men, what's your husbands doing.....you have place to stay, go back to EC

[@user-gu5pb5vr5l]

ANC to be blame 30 years in power for nothing all they knw is to still money