Ngelixa abanye abahlali sele beqalisile ukwakha kwakhona, uninzi, kubandakanya iintsapho ezinabantwana, bahlala bengenamakhaya kwaye bafuna izinto zokwakha amakhaya abo.
Indoda enye isweleke emlilweni owatshabalalisa izindlu ezingekho mthethweni eMalema informal settlement eJoe Slovo Park, eMilnerton, ngeCawe umhla we-6 Epreli. Lo mlilo utshabalalise izindlu ezingama-62, waphazamisa abantu abangama-79, kuquka oomama nabantwana, abashiyeke bengenamakhaya.
Ngelixa kutyelelwa esi siza ngoLwesine umhla we-10 Epreli, abanye abahlali bebesakha izindlu kwakhona, logama abanye – ngakumbi abo bangenakuzinceda – basahleli bengenandawo yokuhlala, bekhangela izinto zokwakha ezingasetyenziswa kwakhona.
UAndiswa Ngcana, oneminyaka engama-37, ongumama wabantwana ababini abaneminyaka emithathu kunye ne-13, uhlala kwindawo yaseMalema iminyaka emithandathu, esabelana ngendlu yamagumbi amathathu nabantwana bakhe.
UNgcana uthe wayelele xa kwaqhambuka umlilo emva kwentsimbi yesithathu kusasa ngoMvulo. Uvuselelwe yimibiko enomsindo evela kubamelwane, waza wavusa umntwana wakhe oneminyaka eli-13 waphatha omncinane wabaleka baphuma baye kukhuseleko.
Emva koko, uNgcana wabuyela kwindawo yentlekele ezama ukuhlangula nantoni enokuphila. Uthe waphumelela ukukhupha iibhegi ezimbini ezinemphahla kunye nebhagwe yabantwana enoxwebhu olubalulekileyo – kuquka izatifikethi zokuzalwa. Zonke ezinye izinto, kuquka neempahla zabantwana nezinto zasendlini, zatshatyalaliswa ngumlilo.
Usebenza kumzi-mveliso eMontague Gardens, kwaye uthe uza kulinda kude kube sekupheleni kwenyanga ukuze akwazi ukuthenga iishethi ze-zinki kunye neplanga ukuze aqale ukwakha. Okwangoku, ubalekele kwisisele lentombi yakowabo kwenye indawo eTownship.
“Ndixinezelekile kakhulu,” utshilo uNgcana.
Isithethi seSebe loMlilo neNcedo eSixekweni saseKapa uJermaine Carelse luqinisekisile ukuba indoda enye isweleke kulo mlilo. UCarelse uthe basebenzelwana nomnxeba ofunyenwe ngo-03:11 kusasa ngeCawe, umhla we-6 Epreli, malunga nomlilo wezindlu eJoe Slovo Park, eMilnerton. Wathi iimoto zomlilo ezilishumi elinesithathu zasetyenziswa ukusindisa indawo, yaye umlilo walawulwa kamsinya emva kwentsimbi yesibhozo kusasa.
Isithethi seZiko loLawulo Lwentlekele uCharlotte Powell uthe lo mlilo utshabalalise izindlu ezingama-62 kwaye abantu abangama-79 bachatshazelwa. Isithethi seSAPS eMilnerton uCaptain Nopaya Madyibi uthe kuvulwe ifayile yophando emva kokuba indoda engaziwayo isweleke kulo mlilo. “Ubuzwe kunye neminyaka yale ndoda isweleke ayikaziwa. Imbangela yomlilo weslum isaphandwa,” utshilo uMadyibi.