It literally turned dark: woman recalls KZN storm

Described as a landspout, the inclement weather that hit KwaZulu-Natal this week terrified residents, write Mfundo Mkhize, Suthentira Govender and Lwazi Hlangu

02 July 2023 - 00:00 By Mfundo Mkhize and Suthentira Govender and Lwazi Hlangu

Jabulile Zikode was pottering around her five-roomed home in Inanda, north of Durban, when her children ran indoors from the soccer field screaming about the wind and rain...

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