400 Durban Families Live in Homes Built on Graveyard, Video of Complaints Go Viral
- A video on TikTok shared the plight of some families who built their homes in an area in Durban
- South Africans were concerned about Durban residents who revealed how they ended up building homes in an undesirable place
- Online users shared their thoughts on the community members who shared their harrowing experiences as homeowners in Durban
Some families went viral on TikTok after sharing a big problem they have. The people living in Durban found out something was amiss with the place where they live.
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The video of the Durban community's issue received more than 16,000 likes. Thousands of people commented on the clip of the people from Durban explaining everything that went wrong after they built their homes.
In a clip on TikTok shared by @Newsnexussa. People who live in Durban, Sea View, shared the disaster revelation about their houses. 400 families took to the public after they found out that their homes were built on a grave site. In the video, the community members spoke to the media to explain how they ended up in the messy situation. One of the residents said she has lived at Sea View since 2003, when her family's RDP was approved. She said some people came to visit their loved ones' graves with flowers at their home. She pleaded for the government to assist.
Community protest for Uber driver
An Uber driver allegedly died in a conflict with taxi drivers. The circumstances of the driver's death sparked outrage. Pimville community members rose up following the harrowing incident at Maponya Mall. The loss of life is suspected to be a result of a war between e-hailing drivers and taxi drivers that escalated, and residents expressed their frustration.
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South Africa split over grave site homes
While some expressed sympathy for the residents, others saw a different side. People shared their hot takes about the gravesite homes. Watch the video of the residents below:
Nduduzo Ndlangamandla said:
"'Sobonana emathuneni'"
Rayoncé01 wrote:
"They don’t have homes, but they continue to have kids, those kids grow up and and they need their own homes, guess what they do, they go set up an informal settlement. Y’all can come for me, but I said what I said, and you can defend them all you want."
toetsie68 commented:
"They rent out their RDP houses, well, some of them do. This is the camp off Coedemore Road."
Dawg_Teezy added:
"Imagine dating a girl from this area, then umbuze ukuthi sobonana nini... Athi sobonana emathuneni😎"
Buhle Buso. wrote:
"Bahlala kwabafileyo."
Nokukhanya Dlamini wondered:
"How do they sleep?"
SmaGumbi added:
"Most yalabantu baphuma Eastern Cape nase Zim sebeze bakwazikhuluma isiZulu. AkunamuZulu othi eMzansi
♍️ wa exclaimed:
"Isbindi sabo 😭😭😭?? Ngyasisaba😔👐🏽The disrespect!"
Dolce Vita 🍯imagined:
"Uhlalaphi mama ? 'emathuneni.'"
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