A tractor on the road following heavy rains and flooding.at Coffee Bay in Mqanduli, Eastern Cape. The missing include a woman and her two children. Three others have drowned.
OR Tambo District Municipal Spokesperson Zimkhita Macingwane says their officials and community members have embarked on a search for the missing people. “A joint effort between officials and members of the community ensued on Saturday to search for their bodies but it had to be called off when it started to become dark and the search will continue on Sunday morning. The heavy rains that have started pouring since last week have caused damage in various parts of the district. All the local municipalities have pockets of incidents where the road infrastructure, homes and also schools were affected.
The mayor of the Alfred Duma Local Municipality Zama Sibisi says, “We budgeted R15 million to purchase the valves after having been advised by consultants that the flooding was mainly caused by the valves that were dysfunctional. But while we procure the valves, we could only get 8 which we have fitted and that is the reason why the flooding we are experiencing is not severe as the flooding that took place in the previous year.