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SCOTTSDENE: REPAIRS TO GABRIEL, GENEVA COURT HOMES
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“N
ow I can sleep at ease knowing that I will not drown in my own house when heavy rains come,” – the sentiment of Gabriel Court resident Sophie Kraal after the City of Cape Town allocated funds to the repairs of city-owned housing in Scottsdene.
Repairs were done at 288 homes in Gabriel and Geneva courts after the City allocated funds to each of its 24 subcouncils with the intention to implement identified projects in the 2019/’20 financial year. In Gabriel Court, it was prioritised that the leaks on the roof and parapet walls should be fixed before the winter rains began. Mayco member for urban management, Grant Twigg, says it was
also stated from the onset that attention is given to the upgrading of the courtyard and shared spaces between the various residential blocks in the two courts. Fixing the leaks on the roofs and at the top of the parapet walls are said to cost R920 000 and were completed at the end of June.“Upgrading the courtyard and central spaces including paving, installing kerbs and gulleys to deal with
stormwater run-off and the pooling of water during the winter rains cost R520 000 and includes the replacement and reinstatement of the gutter downpipes,” Twigg says. Kraal says although it has taken long enough to fix the problems, she is grateful. “Winters will never be the same again. I was tired of having to put buckets everywhere in the house when it rains.” Another resident, Poppie Meyer,
says she was getting tired of the problems they experienced. “Everyone here was feeling stressed. We really struggled during the rains.” Twigg says it is through this approach that subcouncils are beginning to take on the responsibility to facilitate and to manage the upgrading of communities with the support of the Mayoral Urban Regeneration Programme. .