Due to Monday’s severe stormy weather many local residents were left with damaged houses while some spent the night without electricity.
Various houses in Eluxolweni, Extension 9 and Phumlani either collapsed or had their roofs blown away.
Tutu Nqamfana, an Eluxolweni resident says the mud hut on the property of his RDP house blew away.
Due to Monday’s severe stormy weather many local residents were left with damaged houses while some spent the night without electricity.
Various houses in Eluxolweni, Extension 9 and Phumlani either collapsed or had their roofs blown away.
Tutu Nqamfana, an Eluxolweni resident says the mud hut on the property of his RDP house blew away.
"Our clothes are wet and there’s nothing that we can do because the house is gone," he says. He also says that an electric meter box that was next to the house was also blown away and that if they didn’t retrieve it would have been destroyed completely.
The rain also leaked in at his neighbour’s house, damaging the furniture. They were then forced to use buckets to keep most of the water out. Nqamfana’s neighbour, Bulelani Fondini says, "We can’t sleep in wet houses because it’s cold."
In Extension 9, Eunice Ogqoyi says her son called her while she was still at work, informing her that the corrugated iron sheeting on her roof had been partially blown away.
"This is the first time I’ve ever experienced this because during past stormy weathers this never happened," said Ogqoyi.
She also says that they spent the night in the damaged house. Her neighbour, Mkhuseli Adam who was helping to fix the roof, says "We have to help each other as neighbours because you will also get assistance when you need it."
Another Extension 9 resident, Nomakhaya Ntlanjeni now lives at her sister’s house in Extension 4 after her house collapsed and ruined all the furniture.
Ntlanjeni says she was not home when the bad weather caused her RDP house to collapse completely. "I have lived in this house since 2002 and I never thought this would happen, I don’t know what to do now," she said.
Some of her neighbours also said that they had to move their furniture out due to the water flooding in.
Vuyokazi Sam, the Makana Fire Department station commander, accompanied by Councillor Thuleka Ngeleza and Makana Mayor Vumile Lwana, donated blankets and food parcels to affected families throughout the week.
