The Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning department says 2 people are still missing and farmworkers had to be evacuated yesterday, as the first winter storm continued to lash the Overberg.

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7 May 2021

MEC Anton Bredell says the towns, specifically Bredasdorp, Struisbaai, Riviersonderend and the surrounding areas continue to be hardest hit by the winter storm that made landfall on Tuesday evening with many areas still flooded. Bredell’s spokesperson James Brent-Styan says there have been two fatalities in the Bonnievale area that occurred on Wednesday evening.

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Merentia joined the media world in 1996 and in 2001, she took her first steps in the broadcasting world. In her free time, she likes to go on adventures in the city. She also likes to learn new dances, not that she is any good at that.

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