Woman swept away in Pinetown floods identified as Vanitha Naidoo

Nhlanhla Mabaso

14 March 2025 | 16:23

The 54-year-old was driving home from work when her car got swept away by heavy floods for about three kilometres in the Pinetown area on Thursday evening.

DURBAN - The woman swept away by floods in Pinetown, west of Durban, has been identified as Vanitha Naidoo, a pharmacist at a Clicks store in Hillcrest.

The 54-year-old was driving home from work when her car got swept away by heavy floods for about three kilometres in the Pinetown area on Thursday evening.

Despite a long search on Thursday night, rescuers only recovered her body trapped inside the car in a river near Gordon Road on Friday morning.

Devashin Govender is a relative to the deceased.

"We are going to go down to the Pinetown mortuary now and then identify the body and wait for the postmortem and then we will provide further updates shortly thereafter."

The victim has been identified as 54-year-old Vanitha Jeawon, she worked as Pharmacist at a Clicks store in Hillcrest.

She was driving home from work when her car got swept away for about 3 KM from where it was recovered with her body trapped inside this morning. @_NMabaso https://t.co/7domxrycHE pic.twitter.com/IjpgQFKOte
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