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Our people really live in plain horrible conditions. Besides the daily and on-going struggle for survival in a squatter camp, our fellow South Africans have to contend with fires, floods and other such disasters.
To feel the full magnitude of what our people endure, one need only visit a squatter camp at night. Though our winter here in Johannesburg was mild compared to last year, I sometimes wonder, while in my bed covered with several blankets and duvets, how our people survive the winter in squatter camps. With all these blankets and in a house, I still feel cold, how much more so for people in squatter camps.
When these fires take place, it causes people to lose everything they own. Our government needs to do far more to get people decent and safe housing.
We are 16000 members, granted not all active, per se.
But if each gave R10-00 its R160 000, a fair amount of stuff for the people.
It may be a consideration, a pay it forward type action.
Anthony Sterne
www.acumenholdings.co.za DISCLAIMER The above is merely a comment in discussion form and an open public arena. It does not constitute a legal opinion or professional advice in any manner or form.
How about those people go back to where they came from and take up subsistence farming.
Less making babies and more hard work will do them the world of good.
Modern day beggars think that subsistence farming means to sit on your a$$ all day and wait for money to pop out a car window so that they get enough money each day to buy MacDonalds and airtime for the phone...this is clearly not the type of farming that I am referring to.
However you look at this, it is a sad event. No matter where these people come from or what their circumstances are, there is no need to be nasty. You cant judge everyone the same. You have never seen through their eyes, you have no right to judge them.
Comments are based on opinion...not always facts....that's why people use an alias.
We are 16000 members, granted not all active, per se.
But if each gave R10-00 its R160 000, a fair amount of stuff for the people.
It may be a consideration, a pay it forward type action.
Well if Zuma did not build Nkandla but instead spent 250 million uplifting the people in the squatter camp.....
And if the ANC did not fucked up the economy we would be able to donate a lot more and the Government would have more money to spend on uplifting the people. All bribes and money stolen by cadres would have gone a long way.....
Nice, I am glad they building so quickly, these things usually take a hell of a long time to get off the ground. They must have had all the plans drawn up and approved beforehand
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. – Charles Darwin
Across the road from us there is an informal settlement. The people where moved there along with a promise that they will get housing soon. Now this has not happened at all but what did happen is you see people washing their clothing what I can only describe as raw faecal matter.
Now I don’t have nearly enough money to begin to help them and the other side of the coin is some of them drive really expensive cars so I guess they can move out if they so wish. The reality however seems much more scary.
See that area was never used to construct buildings partly because of the water mass but there are rumours of sinkholes. I cannot confirm nor deny this. There is a road leading down there but it was never finished so clearly there must be something really wrong or someone made a mistake. I don’t know.
This is what I do know, infections, parasites and mosquitoes are a real problem but again little was done to inform people. The smell alone will make you sick. These people don’t need pleasing promises they need real help. Help that our government is paid to give. So why then have they been living in these conditions for a few years now?
peace is a state of mind Disclaimer: everything written by me can be considered as fictional.
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