Border Taxi Association and local businesses join forces for Makeleni children's funeral in Mthatha
have joined hands to commit to assisting in the burial of the Makeleni kids who perished in the fire at Sibangweni village, outside Mthatha, Eastern Cape.
The community has been calling for assistance for the burial of the deceased. These kids were left alone and unattended when the house caught“I could feel that something like smoke was suffocating me and I woke up, I saw a fire surrounding the kids, I tried to pull the little ones from the fire, but I failed to do that because the fire was blazing faster. I tried to get water so that I could stop the fire, but it again overpowered me until the community came and tried to stop the fire.
The intervention of the business sector and taxi owners to bury the two minors has made a huge difference for the family.
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