The victims, aged 12 and 18, were killed yesterday after a wall collapsed on them during a storm that destroyed a number of houses and shacks in Itereleng village near Pampierstad.

It is alleged they sought shelter near a wall, which then collapsed on them.

Police spokesperson, Olebogeng Tawana, says a number of people were left homeless after their dwellings were destroyed by the heavy storm, and that two more people sustained injuries and had to be transported to a nearby hospital for receive medical treatment.

"The whole area of Pampierstad has been affected; electricity is down, trees were uprooted and roofs blown off some houses in the area" said Tawana.

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