‘Give us houses’

[caption id="attachment_130375" align="aligncenter" width="560"] WAR ZONE: Booysen Park residents gather at the site in Stanford Road where a heavy truck smoulders. Earlier, there were running battles with police Pictures: FREDLIN ADRIAAN[/caption]

THE anger and frustration of an embattled Nelson Mandela Bay community is etched on the face of a 98-year-old resident who has been waiting for a home for more than 20 years.

As Nomhase Mkhwayi sat in her shack that is attached to one of the 8 000 toilets built in Khayamnandi, her neighbours burnt tyres yesterday, demanding their promised homes.

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