Traumatised residents of a tornado-ravaged East Rand township have appealed for psychological help in the wake of the devastating storm that ripped roofs from scores of houses and damaged many others on Tuesday. "The children are traumatised by what happened. We need counselling‚" said Khumbutso Mavibadha‚ a resident of Winnie Mandela township. "We need social workers and psychologists to help the community deal with what happened‚” she said. Mavibadha said her family stayed awake the whole night sitting by a the fire because they were too terrified to sleep. When city officials arrived in the morning and asked how they had slept‚ "we asked them how they would feel sleeping outside with only a fire to keep warm. They told us we were giving them an attitude."Mavibadha said the officials had taken their details‚ but said they could not make any promises about fixing their property. Another local‚ Lydia Mthethwa said she thought she was going to die."The roof started shaking and creaking‚ next thing we knew it came off and we were left looking at the skies."I asked God to save to us‚ because at that time we were not sure what would happen next. Because of the damage to the house we had to go ask for accommodation from whichever neighbours would take us in‚" said a still shaken Mthethwa.Gloria Esethu‚ 78‚ and her neighbours believe that the two tornadoes were in fact dragons shielded by the clouds."The bigger one came first‚ it was grey and ominous. It's the one that did the most damage then the second one followed which was white in colour‚ that was the female one. We don't know what it is we did to upset them so much‚ but we are grateful that no one was injured‚" said Esethu.Other residents said they did not know where they would be sleeping as their informal structures had been blown away. Lerato Seputla said she lost everything that was in her shack‚ because she was at work when the tornado struck. Anything not blown away was stolen."They stole my fridge‚ food‚ clothes‚ and whatever else was in my shack. I have only the clothes on my back and what the neighbours have helped me with‚" said Seputla.But there were also some heartwarming stories of human kindness‚ with several residents saying how grateful they were to strangers who brought them food and donated clothes."We were helped by strangers who didn't even know us‚ nor did they care who we were. All that mattered to them was that we were suffering and devastated. They bought us McDonald's and offered us clothes. That's more than the what the government has done for us‚" said Janet Khumalo.Khumalo's house like many others in zone 10‚ was wrecked by the tornado's force and does not have a roof.She spent the night outside on her driveway with a fire to keep herself and family warm. Khumalo says the roof of her house landed on her and she had glass in herr her eyes.Khumalo and her neighbours alleged that an official told them the City of Ekurhuleni would not help them with the damages to their property because they had never submitted building plans to the city."A guy with an Ekurhuleni name tag said our houses were illegal and the municipality would not help us out. He said they were only helping shack residents. 'Don't expect anything from government without a proper building plan‚' he told us‚" Khumalo said.Economic Freedom Fighters leader‚ Julius Malema paid the devastated township a visit on Wednesday‚ but he was not welcomed by all residents."What does he have that could help us?" asked Antoinette Sibiya.Referring to the visit of both EFF and African National Congress representatives‚ resident Zinhle Mgadi said had it not been for election season the township would have never received so much attention from politicians."We are hungry and devastated. Why would we vote for someone who sleeps in silk sheets in hotels when we are sleeping in the broken houses?” Sibiya asked...