"God knows about our situation. He had stopped torrential rains to allow us to live on dry land."

These were the words of 49-year-old Ponki Shale, who is among scores of residents who were left homeless after their shacks were destroyed and confiscated by the Red Ants last month at the Lethabong informal settlement in Sebokeng.

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