Joburg EMS recover body of woman swept away by floods

By Bongiwe Zwane-Maseko

The body of a woman who drowned in the south of Joburg on Saturday morning has been found. This is according to the Joburg Emergency Medical services (EMS).

Continuous rains continue across the region, including Eswatini and Mozambique, and look set to continue over the next few days. The 42-year-old woman’s family positively identified her body.

This is the second person to have been swept away by rampaging rivers in Joburg within a week. Search and rescue teams are still scouring through riverbeds in Diepsloot after another person, a man was also swept away last Sunday.

The South African Weather Services (SAWS) issued a warning of heavy rains and flooding, that have wreaked havoc in most parts of South Africa, including KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, and the Eastern Cape.