In the east of the communist island, which is battling its worst economic crisis in decades, people struggled through flooded and collapsed homes and inundated streets.
Emtithal Mahmoud, a survivor of the earlier Darfur killings now based in the United States, recounted to AFP a harrowing moment when she recognised her cousin, Nadifa, in a video shared by RSF accounts, lying dead on the ground.
The family of Tshiamo and Baleseng Moramaga are speaking out against victim-blaming following the brutal deaths of the two young cousins in Mamelodi East.