INTRO:The death toll in the Eastern Cape has risen to 67. This was announced by COGTA Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa, who was updating the nation on the state of the damage in the Mthatha area. Search and rescue operations are ongoing for missing people that were swept away by flood waters. Hlabisa has conveyed his condolences and says he will visit the families of the deceased...

mafu ya vanhu lava nga dlawa hi mi khukhula e Eastern Cape yi tlakukile kuya ka 67. lewi swi tivisiwile hi holobye wa matshamelo ya vaaki, mantirhelo ya mfumu na mafumelo yati hosi Velenkosini Hlabisa hinkarhi wo nyika hi xibviko xsa mhangu ya mi khukhula

Ku yisa hungu leri emahlweni hi burisana na muteki wa hina wa mahungu ku suka e Eastern Cape...Lwandile Mbulali, laha Mbulali a nga vutisiwa swivutiso hi muhaxi eka nongonoko wa Tiko A Xi-Etleli madyambu ya namuntlha Ernest Timbane hi ndlela leyi:

POSSIBLE  QUESTIONS.

** The death toll has risen to 67, how is the state of the area in terms of flooding and the possibility of this toll going up?

** The Minister of COGSTA, Velenkosini Hlabisa was addressing the media about the disaster, where he announced the classification of national disaster, talk us through this?

** When talking to the community and families of the berieved, what are their main concerns?