Residents of Mamvuka Village in the Dzanani area were left homeless, after their houses were hit by a storm last Sunday.

The storm has left the 29 families stranded without roofs over their heads. The storm also destroyed the walls of some of the houses.

Although the Makhado Municipality provided tents, food and blankets to the affected families, some of the families said these did not serve any purpose, because it was raining and the tents were being flooded by the rain. When Mirror visited the area on Monday, most of the affected families had been given tents, but they were not using them as they were wet. Most of the families are now relying on their neighbours for accommodation.

"When it happened, I thought it was the end of the world, as the wind was howling and at the same time it was raining. We are now stranded without a place to stay. This is really a bad situation," said Ms Tshilidzi Mpofu, a mother of two, whose two-roomed house was blown away by the storm which made part of the wall collapse.

A delegation of the Limpopo Legislature visited the area on Monday. The delegation, which included former MEC for Public Works Ms Rosina Semenya, Mr Rashaka Ratshitanga, Ms Hlanganani Nyathela, Ms Nandi Ndalani and Mr Mothupi Pharaphara, were shocked about the situation the storm had left residents in. The delegates acknowledged that the tents were not serving any purpose, because of the rain.

According to the chairperson of the Disaster Management Portfolio Committee in the Legislature, Ms Joy Matshoge, they would report to the MEC for Local Government and Housing, Mr Soviet Lekganyane, so that an urgent intervention of provision of houses to the affected families could be made.

Nobody was injured in the incident.

In another incident of storm damage in the area, pupils and teachers at Kwalu Secondary School in Tshamnangana Village outside Beit Bridge were left scurrying for cover, when the roofing sheets of the classrooms were blown off by strong winds that swept across the entire village. See a report on the incident elswehere in the paper.