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Missing persons toll rises in wake of Mpumalanga floods

Mandla Khoza Freelance journalist

The number of people who have been reported missing and are believed to have been swept away by flash floods has risen to six in the Nkomazi local municipality in Mpumalanga.

Heavy rains have battered the area, leading to floods damaging infrastructure, including bridges used by hundreds of pupils to cross rivers to get to school...

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