Kzn Floods Survivors Appeal To Government To Relocate Them

Flood survivors mourning the loss of their loved ones following this weeks floods in KwaZulu-Natal , are appealing to government to relocate them to safer land from the Gwala Street Transit Camp in Lamontville in the south of Durban.

Nine people died in the floods while some remain missing.

Lulama Dingiswayo says all she could do was watch helplessly as her two children and her grandchild were washed away.

Dingiswayo says each time there are heavy rains their informal home floods .

"It was Tuesday night, about 10 oclock. It was raining, and everyone was sleeping when we heard a knock on the door saying we should go out because the rain was coming into the house. All people must go out. People were shouting. All the people were in the house. The three children went out while we were searching for some documents since the rain was coming fast. When we tried to go out, the door was locked and we couldnt open. When it opened, we went out to find that the children had been swept away," says Dingiswayo.