Durban - At the transit camp in Isipingo, beds, appliances and furniture were soaked.
One resident, Mdu Shange, placed his bed on cement blocks to avoid further damage to the bed base. On Monday when the rain lashed the coast, he was at work in Springfield before returning to a flooded house.
“The room was flooded badly. I had to throw out some things because they were damaged.”
His clothes were placed on the bed, others folded and packed into small bags and placed on the bed. His wardrobe, shattered by the rain.
Another resident, Nontuthuko Kwetshube has been waiting to be relocated to a RDP home from the camp for sseven years, carried a bucket and a mop as she cleaned up her flooded home.
Her new fridge, which she bought with the proceeds of the spaza shop she runs, was damaged as water poured in.
“I could not even sleep in my house, I had to go sleep with my friend on the other side because the rain was too much. This is why we had to take the children back home because it is really difficult here,” she said.
As rain continued to fall on Tuesday, the exposed illegal connections - known as izinyoka to residents - at the transit camp became a concern to residents.
Wires lay on wet passageways between the dwellings and in some parts were completely submerged.
Meanwhile, Department of Education spokesman, Muzi Mahlambi, said there were no reports of schools being damaged.
“We are appealing to parents to put safety first, we don’t want a situation where we force kids to come to school when it is not safe to do so.”