Search and Rescue teams are still on the ground recovering more bodies.
The Minister of Police, Senzo Mchunu, has confirmed that the number of the deceased from the Eastern Cape floods has risen to 86.
The number of people rescued is 38. Search and Rescue teams are still on the ground recovering more bodies.
Mchunu and the National Commissioner of Saps, General Fannie Masemola, are in Mthatha today to assess police response and relief efforts to the floods.
The delegation will receive a briefing from the Acting Provincial Commissioner of Eastern Cape, Major General Kupiso and thereafter proceed on a walkabout to various sites affected by the devastating floods.
