Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes with concern the devastating circumstances of a poor family of 10 of Lefiswane village in Marapyane, Mpumalanga, who are forced to share a one-roomed shack after their four-bedroomed house was destroyed by a storm five months ago;
2) further notes that the local municipality has been unable to assist or to provide them with temporary shelter and that the family apparently does not qualify to benefit from the government's housing programme for the poor as one member of the family earns R700 a month, an amount that is barely enough to buy essential foodstuff for the family; and
3) takes this opportunity to make a clarion call to the people of Mpumalanga and the local municipality to step in and assist the family.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.