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[WATCH] “We have nothing except for the clothes on our backs”
A family of seven lost all their belonging when their house burned down on Saturday afternoon.
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POLOKWANE – Johanna Moremela (49), owner of the house, sustained burn wounds on her back, arms and hands during the fire.
She relives the ordeal – Watch the video below
We lost important documents, clothes, school uniform, and school books in the fire, she told Review. “We have nothing except for the clothes on our backs.”
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By the time of going to print the cause of the fire was still unknown.
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