‘We continue to try and get information’: Sooklal on missing South Africans in Nepal
Six South Africans remain unaccounted for after devastating flash floods and mudslides struck near the Nepal-Tibet border. South African authorities are working with Nepalese officials and an honorary consul to establish their whereabouts, as anxious families await answers. The missing include four Ladysmith residents, a woman from East London and a 33-year-old woman from Isipingo Beach.
South Africa's High Commissioner to India, Anil Sooklal, is coordinating with Nepalese authorities to locate six South Africans who went missing following devastating flash floods and mudslides near the Nepal-Tibet border. The South Africans, including four residents of Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal, a woman from East London, and another person from Isipingo Beach, were traveling on the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage route when the disaster struck on Wednesday.
The families of the missing South Africans have appealed for any information regarding their loved ones' whereabouts. Sooklal emphasized that South African authorities are in constant communication with an honorary consul in Nepal and the Nepalese High Commission in New Delhi as they strive to gather more information about the missing citizens.
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