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Knysna Fire Victims Must Stand Together

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The government is leaving behind the victims of the Knysna Fire. After 23 days, no accommodation provided and serious questions remain unanswered. The public hasn’t been allowed to attend municipal meetings regarding the fire. Even the public Section 80 meetings have excluded the fire as a topic. I applaud the Knysna Municipality for reconnecting services but that isn’t an excuse to ignore so much more e.g. questions about donations, the fairness of distribution and the theft thereof. When i, Mike Hampton, made a call for fire victims to organise, our politicians immorally ran a propaganda campaign against me. The subsequent … ‘Click here to read full article…’

The Nasty, Nasty People of the Knysna Fire

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Our politicians don’t care about Knysna’s fire victims. Proof of that arrived strongly last night! Yesterday, i posted a blog requesting that fire victims, especially the homeless, to please contact me. I want us to meet, discuss our challenges and decide if we need our own committee to deal with the Knysna Municipality which hasn’t meaningfully dealt with us in 21 days – yes, it’s exactly 3 weeks since the fire of June 7. The correct response from our politicians or municipal officials should’ve been to catch a wake-up call and do the best they can to make amends. EVIL … ‘Click here to read full article…’

Knysna’s People of Fire Must Work Together!

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Enough is enough! It’s 20 days after the first Knysna fire of June 7. As someone who lost everything, i’m disappointed in Mayor Eleonore Spies and the Knysna Municipality. I’m not alone in that feeling but mine cannot compare to the troubled depths of those with families – there’s frustration and anger. IT’S UNACCEPTABLE THAT THERE HASN’T BEEN MEANINGFUL INTERACTION WITH US. The help that the world has sent us seems to be exceptional… but it doesn’t seem to be getting to us the way it needs to. Hope must becomes plans becoming reality. Many committees have been set up … ‘Click here to read full article…’