Jagersfontein mudslide survivor happy with her new house: Rachel Masoeu who lost her husband Aaron after a wastewater dam collapsed, leaving a trail of destruction, wept as government officials showed her a house she would take ownership of soon.
A teary Masoeu added: “I never thought that this day will come. I am sure my trauma will be better because I have been having sleepless nights after the incident.”
“The next thing I woke up at the [hospital] again, and this time I was told that my man’s funeral had taken place.” With tears rolling from her eyes, Masoeu recalls after finding herself trapped in the mud next to the road, she saw a bakkie driving past and waved at the occupants.
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