The family of a woman who was swept away in Durban on Thursday is still coming to terms with her death. Busisiwe Mazibuko passed away on Thursday after she had gone to the Inanda Dam with her church to pray. Busisiwe was the devoted member of the eGalile Church in Zion that is based in Ndwedwe outside Durban. She had gone to be baptised when she met her untimely death.Church members gathered at the dam on Sunday to search for pastor Khumbulani Sibisi who was swept away with Busisiwe. Sibisi's body was discovered on Sunday night.

DEVOTED CHRISTRIAN

Speaking to Zimoja, Busisiwe's father, Jabulani Mazibuko said that they were still trying to come to terms with the passing of their daughter. "We were aware that she had gone with the church to Inanda as she was a devoted Christian. We were shocked to.learn that they were swept away by the water. Mazibuko said that they were going to bury Busisiwe this coming Sunday. "We have arranged to bury my daughter on Sunday. I don't know anything about her pastor and her church. All I know is that my beautiful daughter is no longer alive and all I have to do is bury her. I'm not blaming anyone for her passing," said Mazibuko. Survivor Siboniso Zungu said that he was grateful to God that he survived that incident. " We managed to pull out our pastor on Sunday night without the help of the cops. Pastor Sibisi will laid to rest on Saturday," said Zungu.

PASTOR MISSING IN ACTION

This past weekend a congregation suffered the same fate when members of the church were swept away by flash floods at the Juskei River while performing a ritual. So far Johannesburg Emergency Services. So far 14 bodies have been recovered and there is speculation that there still need to recover three more bodies. The pastor survived the ordeal and has gone missing to give detail into the unfortunate incident. The heavy rains put a strain as the search and rescue mission had to be halted until the weather improved.