Disaster

Residents relive hellish experience in flood-prone Ladysmith

35 years after being stranded on the roof of their home due to floods in Ladysmith, a family relived the experience this week

23 January 2022 - 00:00 By ORRIN SINGH and KGAUGELO MASWENENG

Feroza Kharva was 23 in 1987 when her family stood on the roof of their home in King Street in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, waiting for the army to rescue them...

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