A FAMILY of 10 living in a zinc shack needs help.
All of them, including mum and gogo Hlulekile Nkuna (46) who has suffered from mental illness for years, live in the shack in Madras in Marite, Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga.
When it rains they have to stand as rain water soaks almost everything.
Cebile Nkuna (27), a mother of three, said they don’t receive Sassa grants after several attempts with officials. “Even our mother who is living with a disability doesn’t receive it. Good Samaritan Jabu Maile tries to make sure we have something to eat,” she said.
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“We have involved ward councillors and social workers to apply for an RDP house and Sassa grants for 10 years but it’s all in vain.”
Her sister Losta (29) said: “We don’t have electricity and we’re forced to go to the bushes to fetch firewood for cooking.”
Community leader Maile said the family has been struggling for years.
“So I having been helping them with food and clothes from my pocket,” said Maile.
Bushbuckridge Municipality spokeswoman Fhumulani Thovhakale said the SunTeam should visit either her ward councillor or her municipal offices for necessary help.
Mpumalanga social development spokesman Centie Ngubane said they are busy attending to the situation.
Mpumalanga human settlement spokesman Freddy Ngobe said: “We have referred the matter to our regional office for processing.”
