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GROUNDUP: Sassa pensioner beats stalled government housing project to build her own home

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana · Daily Maverick
Published 14 Oct 2026, 10:33 pm·just now·1 min read
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Three years after the government promised to rebuild storm-damaged homes in Mbizana, Eastern Cape, none of the 200 houses have been completed, leaving desperate residents like 67-year-old Nomonde Mboyi to build their own homes using social grants.

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