Gift of the Givers, a humanitarian aid organisation, has been assisting communities devastated by floods with food parcels and water. Many of the areas are without electricity.
A political storm has erupted in the DA-led Theewaterskloof Municipality after Mayor Lincoln de Bruyn was accused by his own coalition partners of allegedly taking humanitarian aid meant for flood victims and refusing to account for the donations.
The GOOD Party and the Social Revolutionary Workers Party (SRWP) have accused the mayor of loading some of the donated aid into his private vehicle while relief packages were being distributed at Victoria Hall in Caledon.
De Bruyn is also under fire after he allegedly contravened the municipality’s disaster relief policy, which authorises only municipal officials to receive aid on behalf of affected communities.
The Gift of the Givers has been working around the clock, and aid was donated following the severe storms that battered the area on May 11 and 12, including food parcels, personal hygiene packs, blankets and mattresses.
