Finduile Vinjua and his wife huddle together under plastic. Try as they might to keep dry, they are fighting a losing battle.
“It’s been raining for over seven days now. The rain stops for about half an hour but it does not go away. God is really testing me. It’s a big problem. At night when myself and my wife go to sleep, we cover ourselves with plastic but we still get wet,” Vinjua says with exasperation.
Firefighters put out the last of the Booysens informal settlement fire in Joburg. They battled for hours to contain the blaze. (Photo: Shiraaz Mohamed)