Gogo roof blows off during storm in eMbalenhle
She was alone in the house and said she heard a big bang and water was pouring down into her house.
Ms Grace Nondlala (64) narrowly escaped death when the roof of her RDP house blew off during a storm in eMbalenhle on Saturday, 21 October.
She was alone in the house and said she heard a big bang and water was pouring down into her house.
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“It was pitch dark and it was raining heavily.
“I screamed for help, but nobody could hear me because of the noise outside.
“I hid under a table until my neighbours came to help me.”
Ms Nondlala was not injured, though she was traumitised.
She recently put up the roof after it was left incomplete by the contractor in 2004.
She used her pension money for this.
Ms Nondlala has lost count of how many times she had reported the incomplete house to the police.
“The municipality has failed me.
“I even reported it to the Legislature, but did not receive any help.”
The Department of Human Settlement did not comment.
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