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LOCAL businesses and religious and community organisations are helping Tongaat families devastated by the tornado to rebuild their lives.
According to the KZN provincial government 7 000 homes had been damaged, 12 people died and about 20 schools had been severely damaged.
The KwaZulu-Natal International Business Association (Kiba) is helping two families from Sandfields rebuild their homes.
Neela Soobramoney, 76, and her 17-year-old grandson, Neolen, lost their rented home in the tornado. Soobramoney was injured when the kitchen ceiling fell