/ 19 January 1999

TRANSKEI STORM KILLS 21

IN the latest violent storm to lash the Transkei region of the Eastern Cape, at least 21 people were killed on Monday, hundreds injured and some 50 homes flattened in the Mount Ayliff and Thabankulu area, according to Mount Ayliff police station commander Nxibe Zweladinga. At least three of the injured are reported to be children who are in critical condition in Kokstad hospital. About 200 injured are being treated in Kokstad hospital and many others have been sent to hospitals in Port Elizabeth.

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