‘Mama, mama!’ Anguish as family dies in fire

24 July 2019 - 08:00
By NONKULULEKO NJILO
Five people, including three children, were killed in a house fire in Meyerton, near Johannesburg, on Monday.
Image: Alon Skuy Five people, including three children, were killed in a house fire in Meyerton, near Johannesburg, on Monday.

Penny Mvundla dropped her half-loaf of bread on the stoep of her burning home and desperately screamed out: “Mama, mama!”

But her calls were in vain. Her parents, Sibongile and Thomas Strauss, her two children and her brother would die in the blaze.