There's no development in Diepsloot, especially Ext 1, since from the past twelve years of better services promisses.
BY: HOPE MOTAU
After nineteen years of democracy, people of Diepsloot, North of Johannesburg are still living in a very critical condition. Many people are living at the squatter camps and there are no better services since the past twelve years.
These people were evacuated from Alexandra in 2001 because they were staying beside the Jukskei River, were many people died during the rains seasons. The government told them that they are evacuated to the RDP houses in Diepsloot, but when they arrived there were no RDP houses; only a little space to build shacks for their own shelter.
Elizabeth Mphahlele from Limpopo is one of the residents whom were promised for RDP house for the past eleven years. “It is very painful to live in this kind of situation my son, I’ve been waiting for RDP for the past twelve years, but I’ve never got any respond even today. Sometime we are told to re-apply, but no one get respond, even those people I’ve applied with. I’m a domestic worker and I cannot afford to buy a house, because I’m a single mother and looking after my four children”.
Elizabeth Mphahlele continued to tell the TUT Online News about the services in Diepsloot Ext 1 that there is no electricity, they are using paraffin stoves for cooking and candle lights during the night. Paraffin stoves and candle lights are very dangerous because they sometimes burn and pass to other residents’ shacks. The shacks are too close to each other and streets toilets are frequently blocking and licking all over streets.
When the TUT Online News visits Diepsloot township, we found some of the children playing with the water coming from the licking sewages and at the dumping sides. They said there are no parks near the Ext 1 for them to enjoy their childhood. There are no playing materials from the government for children who are future leaders; the only thing they do is to play with sewage water and try to find some dumped toys from dumping sides.
Rogers Maluleke, ward councillor of Diepsloot Ext 1 said the government is going to build over 10 000 RDP houses for the people who are unable to buy houses and 5000 new bonds for those who are earning at least R6000 a month. “The other main challenge we are facing in our daily basis here in Diepsloot are people who sell their shacks when they get RDP house, that’s why the shacks are keep on multiplying themselves here” he said.
Oh shame myBeloved Country
ReplyDeleteAt some point people should learn to be independent,and not depend on the government. Even if the government give them RDP's, some people somewhere also build sharks. If life in Gauteng is so hard. People should consider going home,because living conditions are better there. And life is not as expensive as in GP.
ReplyDeleteif i go back home bana ba ka ba tla ja eng??ke tswa ZB gae.ga go na le a better job in Zebediela.its not that easy.Trust me if there were jobs gae,nkebe ke bereka gona.
DeleteThis is because of self centred leadership we had that puts themselves first before the nation. The money that Jacob " bla die Nkandla" Zuma is using to build his private home Nkandla can eradicate this Diepsloot horror once and for all.
ReplyDeleteWe must not vote for next election
ReplyDeletei am also a resident of Diepsloot and u can never get used to the conditions there.but hey,re itshephetse Diepsloot cos we cant go sleep under bridges with kids.the place is unhealthy
ReplyDeleteIt is too bad just lack of leadership ya mr tlhogwana mo iMele zuma we must nt vote for next election
ReplyDeleteIt is really painfull to see our African brothers and sisters living in such poor and unhealthy conditions while the so called president is owning a property worth 243million,but they are busy saying together we can do more.We are indeed still under colonisation,Its not YET UHURU ma-Afrika.I think zuma must just step down as the president of Azania(South Africa).
ReplyDeleteExt1 is nt a safe plc 2 liv in, bana baja ke magotlo
ReplyDeleteDiepsloot its a dead place,I tell u this place need lot of improvement,I stay ext 7 passages yooh disaster,these no ways u can study in this kind of place government should seriously do something abt this place.bt voting for ANC will be waste of time.
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