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Jukskei drownings | Search continues for missing baby

The family of a baby washed away in the Jukskei River is hoping she will be found as the search continues.

JOHANNESBURG - The family of a baby washed away in the Jukskei River is hoping she will be found as the search continues.

The death toll has now risen to 15 after congregants were washed away during Saturday's baptism ceremony.

READ: Jukskei drownings | Death toll rises to 15

There is still no sign of the bishop who was overseeing the ceremony.

Johannesburg Council speaker Colleen Makhubele visited the bereaved families.

READ: Jukskei Drownings | Search resumes for missing congregants

She has also appealed to the bishop who oversaw the baptism ceremony to come out and assist.

Makhubele has described the drownings as a national crisis.

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