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Gift of the Givers Foundation assist fire victims in Kayamandi informal settlement. (Supplied)
Gift of the Givers Foundation assist fire victims in Kayamandi informal settlement. (Supplied)


Kayamandi residents in Stellenbosch felt "helpless" as they watched, in utter disbelief, their homes go up in flames on Saturday.

Then, to add insult to injury, gale-force winds blew off the roofs of their homes and the metal sheeting landed on the far side of the informal settlement. 

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