Limpopo Floods: Police Probe Child Drownings as Death Toll Reaches 12
Officials urge residents to avoid swollen rivers during ongoing rescue operations.
Overview
- The South African Police Service opened inquest dockets after two children died in separate incidents linked to the flooding.
- A six-year-old girl was swept away while attempting to cross the Gobe River in Tshilapfene village near Thohoyandou.
- Police reported a two-year-old boy drowned after falling into a water-filled pit toilet in Nkomo Village 22B outside Giyani.
- Provincial Disaster Management confirmed 12 weather-related deaths in Limpopo and reported water supply disruptions in affected areas.
- Additional cases include a one-year-old who drowned in Humulani near Phalaborwa and a man recovered from a stream in Malungani, with searches in the area continuing.