South Africa: Mamelodi Floods - 'I Watched As My Shack Was Swept Away'

11 December 2019

For more than 180 families whose homes were destroyed by the flash floods in Mamelodi, Pretoria starting afresh is the only option.

Shack dwellers in the informal settlement of 77 Buffer Lake watched in disbelief as their homes were swept away by the floods that wreaked havoc in Tshwane on Monday after days of relentless rain.

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