Chemical toilets toppled, roofs blown off
"The strong wind flattened some shacks and blew roofs off others. Some residents don't even know where their roofs are," said community leader Julia Mdinwa."My neighbour's shack has no roof now."Nolubabalo Meke, who lives with her four children, said the wind forced open her locked door and nearly blew her shack away in the early hours of Sunday morning. She and two of her children managed to hold onto a pole, but the shack collapsed on them.
Meke's family survives on the children's social grants. She said she had no money for building materials to rebuild her shack.Mawande Ludaba, who lives with his girlfriend, said the strong wind blew their shack into the neighbour's yard. He said the wind tore down the electrical cable he uses to draw electricity from a nearby RDP house, for which he pays R350 a month.
Ludaba, who works as a toilet cleaner, said,"We are unable to rebuild our shack because the wind continues to blow hard. Besides, we have no poles, building nails and other materials to rebuild it." Akhona Tshiki, who lives alone, was out with friends when her shack blew down. Tshiki said,"I'm glad that I was not there when the wind blew my shack away, otherwise I would have been injured."). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material,, representing a diversity of positions on every topic.
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