Woman's body retrieved from KZN river as search for 2 more bodies continues

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Jabulile Mbatha

24 November 2025 | 7:35

The victims were washed away on Sunday during floods in New Hanover in the midlands.

Woman's body retrieved from KZN river as search for 2 more bodies continues

Transport and Human Settlement MEC Siboniso Duma joins rescue operations after flooding destroyed home, road infrastructure including bridges on 23 November 2025. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/EWN

The body of a woman has been recovered from a river in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) as the search for two more missing people continues.

The victims were washed away on Sunday during floods in New Hanover in the midlands.

KZN has been hit by heavy downpours with an orange Level 6 alert with severe thunderstorms causing localised flooding.

The KZN Department of Human Settlements’ spokesperson, Ndabezinhle Sibiya, said rescue crews found the body on Monday morning. 

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