More than 40 families in Mbaula village, outside Giyani in Limpopo, had to abandon their riverside homes after heavy rainfall last week. Since 14 January, they have been sleeping on mats and using borrowed blankets in two local churches. Those displaced include elderly people, children and people with disabilities.
Many households lost everything, including clothes, furniture, livestock, food, identity documents and birth certificates.
“We had no time to save anything but our live...