Moshupa businesses count losses after floods

While the news coming from the village is that two bridges have collapsed, business owners are also counting their losses and trying to come to terms with the disaster that befell them a few days after New Year.

Police volunteers gathered around a shopping complex popularly known as Kgabo to disperse residents who wanted to know if the items from the hawkers wholesale, motor spare and China clothing shops, were not sold at a much cheaper price. Uniformed police were also vigilant as there were suspicions of looting. The hawker’s shop, which sell mostly sweets and snacks, attracted the young ones who were not bothered by the police but fixed their eyes on the damaged stocks which was anticipated to be removed from the shop. Inside, shop assistants were struggling to remove water and mud as well as damaged stock from the dirty water. The manager of the Moshupa Spares Shop Mohammed Adil Dhawlarker, told Mmegi that he estimated damages at P150,000. He explained that the water level was half way through the counter and all the items, which were below, were affected by water.