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By Bonile Ngqiyaza African National Congress Youth League president Julius Malema has made good on his promise to a pensioner whose house is constantly flooded during the rainy season. "Au! Whu! Nkulunkulu (Almighty)! I feel like jumping up and running, screaming all over the place," 74-year-old Bramfischerville resident Zenzile Lephina Kunene said on Sunday afternoon. On his birthday last week, Malema - who was on a walkabout in flood-ravaged Bramfischerville and Soweto - had given Kunene his word that the Youth League would donate new furniture and rugs by last Friday. *'I feel like jumping up and running'*"We will buy you new furniture, fridges and rugs. We will buy you (these) before Friday," Malema had said, comforting the distraught Kunene. On Sunday, Kunene's small RDP house sported a set of three cabinets, a bed, blankets and a duvet. "They said there was more furniture they were supposed to bring (yesterday)... but they did not come. However, they have made a list of things they will be bringing again," said an elated Kunene. However, her joy is tempered by the fact that the flooding - which she says is the source of the damage to her possessions and her health - has still not been dealt with. "But now that it looks like raining, my fear is that the furniture is going to be ruined," she said. *'The water floods the house'*"Even now, my body aches all over. I am forcing myself to move about. "During the rainy season I do not have time to rest - the water floods the house and I have to scoop it out all by myself, from morning till late," she said. Kunene pointed to a pile of bricks she had placed at the door's threshold to try to prevent water getting into the house. The new and the old furniture sits on bricks. "Sometimes I am tempted to think that it would have been better if the house had been fixed up first. I am really troubled inside by the water," she said. -- [email protected] 0789228959 021-3618160 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
