Police minister Senzo Mchunu has described the Eastern Cape floods as a national tragedy, with 86 fatalities reported, 60 of which were from Mthatha alone.
Mchunu, accompanied by national police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola and acting provincial commissioner Maj-Gen Thandiswa Kupiso, visited flood-ravaged areas in Mthatha West on Saturday, including Dicolyn, where many people died, leaving others homeless.
