By Alicia Mmashakana
Lebogang Maile, Gauteng’s acting MEC for Human Settlements, paid a visit to Cemetery View to informal settlement in Tshwane on Monday discuss the interventions that would be implemented to assist those affected by a massive fire.
A total of 814 shacks burnt down, claiming the life of one person and critically injuring another. The fire affected approximately 2600 people.
“There are intergovernmental efforts deployed to aid the community including emergency services, home affairs and the department of human settlements from the three spheres of government who will continue to be stationed here,” Maile said.
The department stated that land has already been identified for relocation, and the municipality has appointed engineers to perform geotech services to ensure it was habitable.
“We can’t deal with the timelines now, because they’ve just appointed. What we want to edge the municipality to do is to move quicker and ask the
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