A military veteran who had placed all hope of saving his home on Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is disappointed and angry. Raymond Cindi said he was humiliated when he had to publicly ask Sisulu for help at a military veterans housing dialogue held in Boksburg earlier this month. He had told Sisulu that his house would be auctioned on May 10. "Sit down Raymond‚ the house will be yours before you go to bed today‚" Sisulu had replied‚ filling the room with applause. But Cindi said this did not happen. Instead he waited an entire week‚ hoping to hear good news from the bank. "Without tarnishing anybody’s image‚ I want to say they didn’t pay. I had to borrow R47‚000 and pay it to the bank because I realised that I was about to lose my house‚" said Cimbi. But the department‚ which had pledged to assist military veterans with housing‚ some of whom were exiled during the apartheid era‚ told TimesLIVE on Wednesday that they had successfully resolved Cimbi’s matter. Department off...
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