DEVASTATED: President Cyril Ramaphosa and Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, visit the OR Tambo district in the Eastern Cape. Photo: Elmond Jiyanes/GCIS
The OR Tambo district in the Eastern Cape was the hardest hit by the floods that swept through it on Monday and Tuesday this week.
So far the death toll is standing at 78 and it is expected to rise as emergency services are still combing the district and its neighbor, Amathole.
On Friday, 13 June 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa, visited the district together with the Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, to assess the district.
They visited several disaster zones including the river where a bus carrying school children was swept away.
DEVASTATED: The OR Tambo district in the Eastern Cape was the hardest hit by the floods that swept through the province this week. Photo: Elmond Jiyanes/GCIS
DEVASTATED: The OR Tambo district in the Eastern Cape was the hardest hit by the floods that swept through the province this week. Photo: Elmond Jiyanes/GCIS
DEVASTATED: The OR Tambo district in the Eastern Cape was the hardest hit by the floods that swept through the province this week. Photo: Elmond Jiyanes/GCIS
They also visited areas hit by the floods and saw the devastation of homes and other public infrastructure.
This is while some displaced people in Butterworth are still housed in public halls while trying to pick up the pieces of their lives and start afresh.
DEVASTATED: The OR Tambo district in the Eastern Cape was the hardest hit by the floods that swept through the province this week. Photo: Elmond Jiyanes/GCIS
DEVASTATED: The OR Tambo district in the Eastern Cape was the hardest hit by the floods that swept through the province this week. Photo: Elmond Jiyanes/GCIS
DEVASTATED: The OR Tambo district in the Eastern Cape was the hardest hit by the floods that swept through the province this week. Photo: Elmond Jiyanes/GCIS
DEVASTATED: The OR Tambo district in the Eastern Cape was the hardest hit by the floods that swept through the province this week. Photo: Elmond Jiyanes/GCIS
