Flood: Ramaphosa pledges support as death toll hits 259

South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Wednesday, pledged support for the victims of the recent flood in the coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, following heavy rain that killed – now 259 people, displaced dozens, swept away roads and disrupted shipping, in what the president referred to as ”catastrophe of enormous proportions”. The initial death toll…