Only 26 of 343 state-subsidised houses have been built at the Namibia Stop 8 housing project, initiated in 2015.The transit camp has insufficient water and families have to share accommodation in pre-fabricated dormitories.
At the transit camp, where people who lost their homes during floods in April 2022 are also being accommodated, families are sharing accommodation in pre-fabricated buildings. Jabulile Mthalane, 68, who also arrived at the transit camp a month ago, said she was promised she would only have to be there for three months.
"I can afford to extend my house. Even before they moved us I was planning to renovate my house," she said. "Last year at the council meeting on 31 May they asked for additional funding of R43-million, and it was approved. We extended the deadline to December 2024. It seems as if they won't meet the target time as it seems as if they only build two houses per month," said Khuzwayo.