Overview
- President Cyril Ramaphosa is visiting hard-hit Limpopo villages to evaluate flood damage and the government response.
- Officials cite unsafe roads and active rescue missions as the reason for restricting on-site media coverage.
- Mopani and Vhembe face severe impacts with rivers over their banks, submerged bridges, and some communities reachable only by helicopter.
- The Presidency conveyed sympathy to families who have lost loved ones and to people injured or who lost property.
- Classes in Mpumalanga’s Bushbuckridge are suspended on 15–16 January due to waterlogged, unsafe roads, and residents are urged to avoid flooded routes.