the lay buy for my children’s clothes,” said bulelwa nonkwitshi. she urged the government to build them proper houses. “we need houses. every year we suffer the same fate. our lives are in danger. we don’t know when are we going to die,” she said. anc member of parliament leonard ramatlakane, who accompanied members of the foundation, praised the foundation for assisting the victims. “they are here to fulfill their promise by assisting the fire victims,” he said, adding that as the party they had asked the foundation to help. “they (foundation) arrived at the right time. as we all know christmas is time for gifts, reunion and love.” foundation chairperson chen qing said they strived to promote friendship between south africans and chinese people. “after we heard about the fire we decided to collect food and donate it to the victims. we’ve been working with the khayelitsha community for a long time, donating food and other things,” she said. she added that they have in the past donated food to baphumelele children’s home in site b. ward 96 councillor thando pimpi thanked the foundation for the support. see page 11