The death toll from recent floods in Mthatha now stands at 100 following additional recoveries by search teams.

Provincial Government Spokesperson, Khuselwa Rantjie says 94 bodies have been positively identified, while processes are ongoing to identify the six remaining bodies. Rantjie says 63 of the deceased are adults and 37 are children, who include 22 school learners.

Rantjie has stresseed that the disaster significantly disrupted families and communities at large.

“The provincial government continues with the provision of psychosocial support to the affected communities and school learners. The provincial government further wishes to applaud the multidisciplinary search and recovery teams for their commendable work since the onset of the tragic weather event in the province. The numbers are likely to increase, as there are individuals that are still reported missing by their families and next of kin,” Rantjiem said.

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