Valley vrou, 74, fears that her house will collapse because of the heavy rain

A FRAIL senior resident from Beacon Valley in Mitchells Plain fears that her house is going to cave in with the heavy winter rains, after exhausting all options to get the City of Cape Town to fix the council home.

- BY MARSHA DEAN

Chronic patient Cecilia Kloppers, 74, who is wheelchair bound due to arthritis, says that for more than two years she has been trying to get her council house fixed as the walls are cracked on the inside and outside causing the cold wind to seep through the cracks.

She says that due to these cracks in the walls, her health has deteriorated.

Cecilia explained: “Ek sukkel met die plek. The council doesn’t want to fix the place and I don’t know what to do anymore. The walls are cracked and it is going to give in.

“My bedroom walls are also cracked and it feels like a freezer because it is so cold due to these cracks. The sun shines through from the outside, that is how bad it is.