Cutting Edge: Homeless in despair

We re-visit the story of Lungile Mdletshe from KwaZulu-Natal, a disabled young person that has lived in a dilapidated house almost all her life.
When eThekwini Municipality came up with a project to build the poor better houses, she was very excited. However, she was made to wait for it for more than three years. She was later built a house which was not suitable for her disability, and she could not access it.
When our team raised the matter with the authorities, municipal officials came and promised to build her a house within a month. Nothing happened.
The efforts to build Lungile a proper house were also blocked by politics in the community and the house was demolished by unknown people more than three times.
Finally the struggle pays off…..
Watch Cutting Edge Thursdays at 21h30 on SABC 1.
Cutting Edge is the first of its kind in the country, an investigative programme for Africans produced by Africans in African languages. The programme depicts the story of South African youth, giving a voice to the usually voiceless, the ordinary youth of Mzansi. The show is here to inform, educate, empower and uplift tomorrow’s nation. It presents realities of life as in corruption, health, education, labour, politics, arts, culture and sports.

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I am amazed that ALL of that furniture can fit inside of that small house... Their disability turned out to be a blessing in disguise because after much suffering they were donated FREE houses...Good video...

[@boff2014]

God bless your good-works donors,we really appreciate it!

[@thapzinthebeauty4351]

To all who donated uBaba weMandlethu project, bama wheelchair, furniture and Cutting-edge uNkulunkulu anibusise kakhulu tog .. Laba abanye bona namanga abo mxm..

[@jabulanimsomi8434]

This is what ANC councillors are capable of. what matters is the image of the party and not the service of the poor people

[@ozonkwo]

Jabulani Msomi that speech though...... anyway unjani Nomdayi...

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ozonkwo uyaphila uNomndayi ngingezwa wena

[@ozonkwo]

Jabulani Msomi hayi kuhle sbonga impilo..... makube impilo eMaSomini....ko Phingoshe...

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ozonkwo
AAwu ubani lo ongibiza kahle kanje?

[@gladnessmaseko4097]

yoh! the ANC councilors are hypocrites. they didn't build the house and now they running to open her house with her. sis man aninamahloni.

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Sanele Mgaga elenge kunzima umakunje emhlabeni kwakungafanele indlu ka-Lungile ibhidlizwe ngendlela akayiyona.

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Yhuuu lotata u gumede akakuthethi ukunya

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ANC leadership zinkunkuma ezisazolanjelwa ngabantwana

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hey uyanya lotata ...bangamaxoki ngk bavele lubala

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Akafusege lo gumede. nxa

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mxm. liars

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Sanele Mgaga elenge ngicela usizo lotholana neMandla ethu project,okuyinhlangano eyasiza u Lungile kulesimo.kunogogo engifisa esizakale uhlala emkhukhwini akanabantwana akasenamandlafuthi ngesimo engisibukayo e kzn uzongcina edliweyizinja logogo,ngeswele amandla umakungafika isikhathi sokufa engakasizakali engekengakuthola ukuphumula emoyeniwami ngyatholakala Kule no.0715114974

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Ogumede kahle kahle bayasinyela njengomama lo oyi mayor

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Tjoo bethuna kubabhlungu

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uyanya lo

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Every citizen pay tax the money is spent on corruption