Sibongile Zandile Ngcobo shares her harrowing experience of navigating the aftermath of Durban 's devastating floods, highlighting the neglect and bureaucratic hurdles she faces in her quest for stable housing.
Sibongile Zandile Ngcobo, a victim of the devastating floods that struck Durban in 2022, says she finds herself in a heartbreaking predicament as she desperately seeks a home of her own, while her appeals for assistance have allegedly been ignored by local authorities.
Last Thursday, Ngcobo visited the Department of Human Settlements offices in Durban, where she said she was informed by an official that her name did not appear on the list of beneficiaries for homes linked to a housing project in Inanda.
Ngcobo was provided with transit accommodation in the Inanda area following the 2022 floods, but she was recently removed from the transit camp and is now left without a permanent place to stay.
Before the floods, the 63-year-old lived in a seven-room house in Inanda’s B-Section with her two children and five grandchildren. The house was destroyed during the floods.
