MAKANA - Makana Local Municipality, ranked among the country’s worst-performing municipalities over the past five years, is entering uncharted territory.
For the first time since democracy, it will be governed by a coalition.
The shift that has given residents of Vergenoeg renewed hope for better service delivery after years of living in decay.
To date, mud-structured houses and bucket system toilets still exist in the area.
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After waiting more than three decades for an RDP house, retired construction worker Tyron Austin fears he will die before ever owning a home.
His only wish is that his children are spared the same struggle.
Seventy-one-year-old Denise Jeffreys, who lives next door, describes her home as a ticking time bomb.
She fears the structure could collapse due to its deteriorating condition.
These dilapidated structures are on the brink of collapse.
Residents of Vergenoeg have had enough of living under this constant threat, and yet, they have nowhere else to go.