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Schooling and hospital activities were suspended in Nkomazi Municipality, Mpumalanga due to flooding.
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- Schooling and hospital activities have been
suspended in the Nkomazi Municipality, Mpumalanga. - On Thursday, the municipality reported two
incidents of drowning. - Municipal authorities are doing a physical
assessment on the extent of the damage caused by the floods.
Hospital services and schooling activities have
been suspended in the Nkomazi Municipality in Mpumalanga, following reports of
flooding.
The area has one road linking the rest of the
villages, and this has been severely damaged by the floods, hence the
suspension of these activities.
According to the Gift of the Givers foundation,
they have since activated their teams to urgently assist with the situation in
Mpumalanga.
On Thursday, the municipality reported two
incidents of drowning.
“A 60-year-old man from kaMdladla who was
fishing in the Mlumati River was allegedly swept away by a strong current and
has not been found,” the municipality said.
Schooling and hospital activities were suspended in Nkomazi Municipality, Mpumalanga due to flooding.
Schooling and hospital activities were suspended in Nkomazi Municipality, Mpumalanga due to flooding.
Schooling and hospital activities were suspended in Nkomazi Municipality, Mpumalanga due to flooding.
In another incident, an 18-year-old pupil from
Shongwe boarding school was swept away while trying to cross the same river and
has also not been found.
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Municipal authorities are doing a physical
assessment on the extent of the damage caused by the floods and monitoring the
distribution of immediate social relief.
Meanwhile, two people have lost their lives
following persistent rainfall in the Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern
Cape.
According to municipal spokesperson Bulelwa
Ganyaza, disaster management teams, emergency services, and the South African
Police Service (SAPS) confirmed that at least two bodies had been recovered
following floods which wreaked havoc in the area this week.
“Heavy downpours left a trail of destruction
in four local municipalities with two people reported to have gone missing in
Cofimvaba yesterday (Friday),” she added.
Police retrieved one body, and the search continues
for another person also believed to have been swept away in the Qumanco stream in
Cofimvaba.
Ganyaza added that the disaster management team
also recovered a woman’s body in Owen Street, Cofimvaba. The identity of the
deceased is still unknown.