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The death toll from floods that have battered South Africa climbed above 440 on Sunday as abating rains allowed rescue operations to accelerate after one of the deadliest storms in living memory.

The National Department of Water and Sanitation has all hands-on deck to deal with areas affected by the recent floods around KwaZulu-Natal.

Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu and Health Minister Joe Phaahla were in KwaZulu-Natal to assess the impact of the floods.

EThekwini ANCYL member Mfundo Mokoena has been gunned down, just a week after the ANC’s regional elective conference.

Theatre operations at Prince Mshiyeni hospital in Umlazi have been postponed because the facility doesn't have water.

Nearly 4,000 homes have been destroyed and more than twice as many damaged in the Durban area after a week of punishing rains and mudslides. The death toll is now 443, with about four dozen people unaccounted for.

Eighty-four health facilities have been affected by the floods in KwaZulu-Natal. It will cost at least R184m to repair them. eNCA's Nqobile Madlala has the details.

There are numerous areas in Durban, KZN, that have been without water and the eThekwini Municipality has provided updates about it.

South Africa's government Tuesday sought to reassure a worried public about efforts to help the east coast, where millions remained without water for more than a week

More than 40 000 KwaZulu-Natal residents have been left homeless after more than 300mm of rain fell in a single day