WATCH | Four dead in accidents; house, cars washed away in mudslide after heavy rains in KZN

Four people died in two accidents while a house and three cars were washed away in a mudslide triggered by heavy rains in Marianhill, west of Durban, on Friday.

The KwaZulu-Natal transport and human settlements department said the accidents — one on the N2 near Umkuze, the other on the R66 between Gingindlovu and Eshowe — were reported at about 4am on Friday.

Spokesperson Ndabezinhle Sibiya said teams were in contact with the Mdletshe family, who lost their five-bedroom house, and the Khwela family, who lost three cars.

He said teams would explore the provision of alternative temporary emergency accommodation for the affected families.