Body found in KwaZulu-Natal river
2013-02-14 16:04
Durban - A body was recovered on Thursday from the
Kranskop River in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, the co-operative governance and
traditional affairs department said.
Spokesperson Lennox Mabaso said the department would get
families who had reported people missing after the floods in the Msinga area to
try and identify the body.
Initially, six people were reported missing on Monday
after their homes were washed away when the Isibumba River burst its banks.
Two bodies were recovered on Tuesday.
Mabaso said another two people who had been reported
missing were found alive.
He said it was not known whether the body recovered on
Thursday was that of one of the two missing people from the Msinga area.
On Wednesday, the department reported that lightning killed
two women in the province.
Mildred Ngcobo, 50, burnt to death when her rondavel
caught fire after it was struck by lightning on Tuesday afternoon, in the
eMasangweni-amhlophe area of the Nquthu municipality.
Another woman, Maphungula Malinga, was struck on Sunday
night in Msinga.
- SAPA
