At least 253 people have died in South Africa as a result of torrential rains that caused flooding, landslides and flooding on the country’s east coast.
This was reported by Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu, representative of the health department of the province of Durban. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met with the families of the deceased today, Wednesday. Ramaphosa also met with a family who lost four children in a wall collapse Monday night. “I came to personally see the damaged area,” Ramaphosa said comforting the family. “We have seen similar tragedies hit other countries like Mozambique, Zimbabwe, but now we are the ones affected,” he added. The president is scheduled to visit various parts of the region. The province of KwaZulu-Natal, located in the southeast of the country and of which Durban is the largest city, is still struggling to recover from the July riots – the most violent since the end of apartheid – which left more than 350 people dead.