Boy (9) left injured after freak storm close to Letsitele

A nine year old boy has been left injured after a wall of a house fell on him at Sedan village in the Greater Tzaneen Municipality during a freak storm that hit the area last night.

Several people were left stranded after their roof tops were blown away.

Two schools were also damaged.

The Mopani District Municipality disaster management team that was immediately deployed in the area managed to assess eleven house holds over night.

“We have activated SASAA and cluster departments so that the distribution of relief in a form of food parcels, tents and other basic amenities can be distributed to the affected families. The Mopani District together with the Greater Tzaneen Municipality will further assist with the provision of emergency housing where there’s a need. We are once again urging our communities across the district to be on high alert as a number of areas are prone to this kind of disaster. The District recently experienced similar challenges in the Greater Giyani and Ba- Phalaborwa municipal areas,” said Mopani’s spokesperson Witness Tiva.