{"id":46272,"date":"2025-12-30T16:48:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T16:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=46272"},"modified":"2025-12-30T16:48:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T16:48:03","slug":"ntshongweni-flood-victims-in-kzn-still-struggling-three-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/30\/ntshongweni-flood-victims-in-kzn-still-struggling-three-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Ntshongweni flood victims in KZN still struggling three years later &#8211; SABC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<p data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"222\">More than three years after the devastating 2022 floods, victims in Ntshongweni\u2019s Ward 7 under the eThekwini Municipality continue to struggle.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"229\" data-end=\"358\">The residents were among those who survived the torrential rains that battered eThekwini, forcing them into temporary shelters.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"365\" data-end=\"472\">Despite repeated promises of permanent housing, many say they have received no support from the government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As local government elections draw closer, residents say their hopes of assistance continue to fade, even with the possibility of a change in leadership.<\/p>\n<p>One of the victims says the issue has been repeatedly ignored, adding that not a single government official has visited the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have electricity and water here. Local councilor told us that we will stay here for 6 months, they will start to build houses January 2023 till today we\u2019re still waiting. We don\u2019t even have privacy here as you can see, we share three toilets, and this space isn\u2019t safe,\u201d adds the victim.<\/p>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Ntshongweni #flood #victims #KZN #struggling #years #SABC #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than three years after the devastating 2022 floods, victims in Ntshongweni\u2019s Ward 7 under the eThekwini Municipality continue to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46274,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46272\/revisions\/46274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}