I almost lost my grandchild. I almost lost my life, so says Abraham Douglas, a farmworker at Kleinberg farm in De Doorns, Western Cape.
At 3.30am on May 12, Douglas and his six-year-old grandchild had to climb onto the roof of their house to escape flood waters when storms battered the Western Cape last week.
When they felt the structure shifting beneath them, they had to get to another roof. They sat there for over an hour in the dark, waiting for help to arrive. The water was so high no one could get to us, said Douglas.
