{"id":45514,"date":"2023-06-29T12:27:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T10:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/welcome-home-nokhaya-20230628\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:23:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T11:23:40","slug":"welcome-home-nokhaya-20230628","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/welcome-home-nokhaya-20230628\/","title":{"rendered":"KwaNobuhle resident finally gets to live in her RDP house"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>May 25 was a life-changing day for Nokhaya Mhlahlo (68), a resident of KwaNobuhle \u2013 it was the day she could finally set foot in her RDP house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RDP house was built in 2005 or 2006 and left unfinished until a local family, the Jaftas, stepped in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mzukisi and Phinda Jafta spent R42 000 on the house, which still needs a ceiling. But Nokhaya is living there and loving it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe lived in an informal structure for 29 years,\u201d said Mzukisi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHer so-called house leaked heavily when it rained. They had no toilet all these years. The father of that house suffered a stroke. 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