Heavy snowfall and storms have affected areas of the Eastern Cape province, with the entire country experiencing extreme winter weather conditions since last week.
The search for missing children aboard a school bus that was swept away by a flood was ongoing early on Wednesday, it added.
Local media have reported that at least 10 children are missing.
Several hundred people have been displaced since Monday, according to the government, mainly from OR Tambo and Amathole districts, with some relocated in schools and town halls.
The “relentless downpours” also caused landslides and “significant damage to property and infrastructure”, the government added.
South Africa’s national weather service has warned that severe and extreme winter weather conditions would persist until at least the middle of this week.
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