The Mayor has spent time among the working class and poor and were in those areas so he may be young but he is not your typical ignorant white man , in fact people like him and JP Smith are just people not white , in their case the saying of white is the content of your character not the colour of your skin" applies The content of Geordin Hill-Lewis and JP Smith character are not white and in Cape Town we are lucky to have people like them , who genuinely cares about the poor and most disadvantaged, after elections they put politics aside and focus on the work of making things better for everyone. I wish to take this opportunity and thank JP Smith and his team who worked hard for years making areas safer. If anyone who reads this come across JP Smith please note he might be reserved but he is the hardest working politician or public representative I have ever come across and he doesnt do things for credit or esteem but because he cares , Both these men are not into media posturing they only speak out when they have to U get jawbones and backbones JP Smith and Geordin Hill-Lewis are backbones and are totally pro poor its not rhetoric 4 them its reality I wish more politicians were like them and I hope these two men become National Ministers in future , Our country will benefit Coming from me its high praise , which they deserve I met them years ago and watched them work and how they relate to people on grassroots level and it can be described with one word. SINCERE
@PaulWindsor978Ай бұрын
Thank you Mayor
@groundhogguns5828Ай бұрын
Hill -Lewis is efficient and very likeable
@happytape307Ай бұрын
Thoughts & prayers for those affected 🙏
@brendawelsh391Ай бұрын
I congratulate our CT Mayor and all other institutions helping where they can. Yes, as one person pointed out this is a reaccuring problem in winter months especially in townships. I do not know what will change when many new people migrate to the Cape seeking employment. I don't think much can change overnight but better planning for future housing is imperative. Easier said than done. But to those who are trying their best to help should at least be thanked.
@avanbiljonАй бұрын
The importance of adhering to floodlines, which are boundaries that indicate areas at risk of flooding. Ensuring that developments and activities comply with floodlines is crucial for safety and environmental reasons. Proper adherence helps mitigate flood risks, protect properties, and preserve natural floodplains.
@mvubu6823Ай бұрын
And people build shacks in the summer and threaten the city with violence when they want to move them
@dubs1788Ай бұрын
Move them or evict them
@deedee1942Ай бұрын
Yes exactly .They dont want to go to "safe places " or shelters as they dont want to adhere to the rules tch tch .
@KwenaPhakaАй бұрын
Feel sorry for people
@paulzeman3945Ай бұрын
Allowing people to build informal structures in dodgy areas is the reason behind such huge losses. I feel for those affected but this will never stop as long as people are allowed to erect dwellings wherever and however.
@peterwilliamson9767Ай бұрын
People are not "allowed" to build in flood plains - - THEY choose to build anywhere and, when stopped, they shout racism. When they are flooded they shout racism. When they lose their informal structures they shout racism. The "other parties" blame the DA for the rain - - play the blame game and yet, where they do have 'influence' they only criticise and find fault and blame and DO nothing. They City IS guilty of allowing canals and river courses to fall into disrepair and do not do any preventative maintenance - - example is Amazon head quarters on a flood plain !!!
@velmapeters625Ай бұрын
Mr.Mayor.Thanks to you and your hardworking team.
@Alex-ze2iiАй бұрын
They will say we do nothing for the poor areas but the poor areas are more effected because they build illegally and then the ANC never helped improve infrastructure anything like they promised. But okes will still blame the DA.
@user-vs8mc2gn6zАй бұрын
DA are the best!
@icraftcrafts8685Ай бұрын
*gnu
@Libra67jtcАй бұрын
Not been insensitive but prayers dont solve these on going issues on a yearly basis. Its the same old story.
@icraftcrafts8685Ай бұрын
not?
@GB-ql8vmАй бұрын
FAITH WITH OUT WORKS IS DEAD😔🙏
@antman8631Ай бұрын
It's that kind of mindset that this world does not need. I will pray for you
@AmandaWaitАй бұрын
@@henrymiller3663 Are you mopping water? Don't assume about people on the internet.
@antman8631Ай бұрын
@@henrymiller3663 lol case in point
@rachmahadams129Ай бұрын
All that I ask . Please help those in desperate need😢❤❤❤
@MsJS1122Ай бұрын
Wrt videos... many ppl dont bother to mention the place or the date on the video... so who knows where it was taken??
@donut3087Ай бұрын
Why do they only act when the floods occur ? Why not implement contingency plans before this happens or before won’t cause we know Cape Town we experience a wet winter
@lyleoliver2692Ай бұрын
W Cape Floods is crazy
@debbiecarlsen8081Ай бұрын
Also the whole of Mitchell's Plain had been effected. Portland, Westridge, tafelsig and so much more. I think you should send one of your people to Mitchell's Plain as the Promenade Promenade mall couldn't open due to flooding. This is a widespread disaster
@user-lb3le4rs8mАй бұрын
I kmow it's nature. But why must the people go through this every year....
@reniervisser1683Ай бұрын
Because they don't work and pay their taxes and those of us who do can't subsidise them.
@emmerentiagroenewald3694Ай бұрын
Build houses away from low lieing areas.... But ,no,too far away from their begging areas.....
@danielcillie1856Ай бұрын
Unfortunately the informal settlements are hit the hardest, so the government has really limited ways to stop the floods due to people building outside of the city infrastructure.
@samanthaafrica8367Ай бұрын
move from places where it rains and and and
@GB-ql8vmАй бұрын
@@emmerentiagroenewald3694MONEY IS IN COFFERS
@daneisaacs895Ай бұрын
Just wish government would force all companies to allow their employees the day off or wfh... Geez
@mistermornevanderbergАй бұрын
Sorry for all the people who will have to suffer :-(
@SimonHough-hz8wpАй бұрын
Will happen every year. It's the weather in the place you live.
@glendadupreez9482Ай бұрын
The question Mr Mayor is , in the Bluedowns Area you have RDP homes that are completed. You will now say that there is a housing list, I see your efforts and appreciate that, but when will government come to the party and take the housing list and fill these empty homes. I have seen these houses stand empty for two years. So why build these houses if it is not going to be signed off to people waiting on homes, this would go a long way in people being forced to live in the informal settlements. Floods=sickness=strain on hospitals and the vicious circle just continue, you are doing your best and doing damage control but what is the root causes and how and when will Government and especially the President address this or will the cycle repeat itself in 2025
@kamfergeorge3038Ай бұрын
Thanx you mayor you really humble and hard working 💪👌😍
@SimonHough-hz8wpАй бұрын
Talk about extensive. What do you then call Hurrican Ortiz. I am so over the exaggeration of what is completely normal. People living ankle deep in water are experiencing what happens when you erect a shack in a swamp. Its all fixable, but I am so bored of the drama.
@ed7069Ай бұрын
Easy to type such rubbish from the comfort of your stolen home.
@gertsteenkamp6970Ай бұрын
Please help for people and animals
@giagia4631Ай бұрын
Oh my you actually mentioned people
@williepretorius6277Ай бұрын
Hou aan met hofsake en uitsprake teen Israel. Ons gaan almal versuip of vrek van die honger of verkluim as die ANC nie om vergifnes vra vir hulle aksies teen Israel nie.
@giagia4631Ай бұрын
Waar val jy uit 🤣 israel 🤣🤦🏻♀️
@rianahayes84Ай бұрын
The people should know when storms strike Cape Town, what to do before the rain come. Why do people not teach residents in informal areas, how to prepare for the rain. Digging trenches. How to cover your roof so that it won't leak.
@ramonamarais6737Ай бұрын
They need proper housing
@henrymiller3663Ай бұрын
They need jobs, we need economic growth so all can afford and buy houses, not free houses.
@eveeAndOАй бұрын
Do you live in Cape Town?
@deedee1942Ай бұрын
@@henrymiller3663Exactly my sentiment too.
@giagia4631Ай бұрын
@@henrymiller3663love this comment! This mind set of give give give is annoying and getting old!
@kerondavids875Ай бұрын
Had to be prepared already prior to these events, and this should b another wake up call again for government in SA
@cryptocontinent6789Ай бұрын
The Cape was supposed to be farmed
@a.ieshahbrewer2425Ай бұрын
You knew it was going to happen.but still
@BlimzioАй бұрын
people coming in from the Eastern Cape when they know there is no job or housing and now valuable tax money must be spent.
@heathermbambeni529Ай бұрын
This is South Africa. People can live wherever they want. Tax payer my foot!
@BlimzioАй бұрын
@@heathermbambeni529 No! I can't just move to anywhere I want in South Africa and build a shack. I have to purchase the land, then pay for plans and pay for a house to be built. Then pay for electricity, water ans utilities. These persons just come and build shacks wherever they please and steal electricity and water. It's easy to say "people can live wherever they want" if you are not paying R30,000 n month in tax 🙄 You are part of the problem 🤦♂️
@giagia4631Ай бұрын
@@heathermbambeni529 you don’t even make sense, your mindset is laughable
@nikkieduplooy2340Ай бұрын
@@BlimzioThere I want I want without working and paying for it themselves is nothing to be proud of.but that's what most of them whant everything for free. Forgetting that Tax is paying for all there "free" stuf.
@warrenfisher9641Ай бұрын
Chem trails aftermath
@SimonHough-hz8wpАй бұрын
Get a grip!
@kamalhoodeennauthoo4568Ай бұрын
Did RSA have Sunami alert.
@GoodHuman12-d7kАй бұрын
❤
@IsmailLunatАй бұрын
what's with the eyebrows. they look like she's continuously shocked at every word.
@christinadewet8302Ай бұрын
🙏👍
@giagia4631Ай бұрын
My question exactly especially since this is the “best” run city in SA
@alettacoetzee5848Ай бұрын
Come on DA don't let your voters down like the ANC did. GO DA
@giagia4631Ай бұрын
Don’t worry DA will help you people
@bahidjamajiet5581Ай бұрын
Why are the floods and damages only amongst the poor and in informal settlements ....because they are moved to the worst locations ever in this WC ........when will it ever stop...its like apartheid just cant leave the country ...sadlyyy😢
@Feirin332Ай бұрын
Fake news. They aren't moved to low lying areas and river beds. Those are the areas where they choose to build by themselves because they lack the knowledge to know what's going to happen.
@mvubu6823Ай бұрын
No... They build illegally on low ground and refuse to move when told by the city. It's been years of it. They're suffering but building on a vlei is just not clever
@user-yt2gp8kf1vАй бұрын
You call shacks homes LoL
@eveeAndOАй бұрын
Top be honest, the floods affect everyone living in low lying areas. The media just show the plight of those in the informal settlements because they are the ones in need of help
@groundhogguns5828Ай бұрын
you are highly ignorant
@hyltonmiskin2358Ай бұрын
You ( Mr mayor) better help the people
@user-mg2ns2vh8jАй бұрын
Only the votes matter. The circumstances will remain the same. Next year, we will be having the same conversation. There is no profit in helping the homeless.
@AmandaWaitАй бұрын
Stop with the politics. Did you even listen to him? They are doing their best.
@user-mg2ns2vh8jАй бұрын
@@AmandaWait Best you read The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. Educate yourself. The strategy is deliberate. Let's see next year and in the next 5, we'll hear the same lies of how "hard we try".
@tiffanymillward241Ай бұрын
DA just talks alot does nothing
@SimonHough-hz8wpАй бұрын
Talk about extensive. What do you then call Hurrican Ortiz. I am so over the exaggeration of what is completely normal. People living ankle deep in water are experiencing what happens when you erect a shack in a swamp. Its all fixable, but I am so bored of the drama.
@trsng-bd8fpАй бұрын
I will be grateful to hear that there is a place offered to them to leave other than in swamps. You were lucky to be born rich and having the whole world in your hands😢