Pretty Mthuli and her family from KwaXolo are struggling as they don’t have a proper block house.
According to Mthuli, the two-room house she currently lives in is a temporary relocation unit and inadequate.

Her home in Gamalakhe was damaged after a road collapsed; the family then moved to KwaXolo.

She added that the KZN Department of Transport (DoT) tried to fix the road by putting up a retaining wall, which later collapsed and destroyed her home.

“DoT told me that living there was not safe anymore and asked me to find a new place to build. They said that they would come back and build a house, but ever since I moved to KwaXolo, no one from DoT has said anything.”

Mthuli said it’s difficult for her, her four children and her husband to live in a two-room house.
She also explained that the temporary relocation unit is now leaking and water seeps through its walls when it rains.

“I found land in KwaXolo, and the Department of Human Settlements built me a two-room structure. Due to heavy rains, this structure is now leaking. What worries me is that I vote all the time, hoping someone in the government will help. My house in

Gamalakhe was demolished by them (the government), and they asked me to move.”
Mthuli is now pleading for help to build a house.

She said she has contacted DoT several times, but to no avail.

DoT spokesperson Ndabezinhle Sibiya said a team from Ugu District will investigate because the department is unaware of the matter.

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