{"id":294677,"date":"2025-12-02T17:04:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/?p=294677"},"modified":"2025-12-02T17:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:05:00","slug":"sewage-flood-forces-makhaza-shack-dwellers-to-evacuate-after-pipe-burst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/sewage-flood-forces-makhaza-shack-dwellers-to-evacuate-after-pipe-burst\/","title":{"rendered":"Sewage flood forces Makhaza shack dwellers to evacuate after pipe burst"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shack dwellers from<a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/makhaza-finally-gets-the-station-20240522\/\"> Makhaza<\/a> Road Reserved Informal Settlement had to evacuate their shacks after they were flooded with sewage on Saturday 29 November. More than three drains in the area had burst, causing an unbearable stench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The area chair Xolelwa Mjekula, also a flood victim, described worsening conditions in the area. She said three shacks sank into the sand after the sewage pipe burst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis whole saga started in one of the shacks. We saw the sewage coming from underground into the shack, then to add to the shock the shack sank. The same thing happened to another shack, and another&#8230; In the end there were three of them. The gush of the sewage spill was just too much.\u201d Mjekula said the pipe burst had even affected drains in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said residents had to leave their shacks and stay with friends and family members, and needed to be moved to a safer place<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a health hazard, so we are not safe, especially the children because they want to play in the dirty water. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capetown.gov.za\/\">The City<\/a> must do something. It can\u2019t be business as usual, as if nothing happened.\u201d The owner of a meat stall at the Jeff Masemola Road-Nyanda Avenue intersection, known as &#8220;Ma Mqwathi&#8221;, said she had stopped working since the sewage pipe burst. \u201cWe had to close our businesses because of the sewage&#8230; And we will probably have to continue sitting at home until the City decides to fix the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ward 96 councillor Lucky Mbiza said City employees were still trying to ascertain what the problem was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe suspect a sewage pipe burst. But we will find out after they have completed their work. The priority now is to stop the sewage from coming out and drain the dirty water from the shacks. No-one deserves to dwell in a mess. 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