M'mbelwa district council disaster desk officer,George Gopani, on Wednesday said over  300 hectares of crops have been washed away. The affected, he said, need assistance inform of food, temporally building materials and cooking utensils.

The area of senior Chief Mthwalo has been heavily hit by the disasters with other areas being under senior chief Mpherembe, Inkosi Mzikubola, Kampingo Sibande and Jalavikuwa