Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0053
1. DHA/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN PRETORIA REPORTS THAT HEAVY RAINS CAUSED FLOODING, KILLING AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE AND STRANDING THOUSANDS IN MPUMALANGA AND NORTHERN PROVINCE. 19 PEOPLE ARE REPORTED MISSING. RIVERS BURST THEIR BANKS, AND DAMS OVERFLOWED. BRIDGES WERE SWEPT AWAY, AND ROADS WERE CLOSED IN MANY AREAS, ISOLATING ENTIRE TOWNS AND VILLAGES.

2. MEDIA IS REPORTING OVER 30 CASUALTIES BY A WEEK OF FLOODS ACROSS SOUTH AFRICA.

3. IN NORTHERN PROVINCE, GOVT SPOKESMAN REPORTED AS OF 13 FEB FIVE DEATHS. RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR MOKOLO DAM AND VAALWATER