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Update on South Africans Affected by Hurricane Katrina Tshwane
- The Department of Foreign Affairs wishes to advise of the following regarding
South Africans affected by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, USA: - The
Department of Foreign Affairs has been dealing with calls from the public, enquiring
of the whereabouts of family members and friends with whom they have not had contact
since the devastating hurricane Katrina last week Monday;
- The South African
Embassy in Washington is in constant touch with the United States State Department
in respect of our citizens in the affected area
- Over the weekend a total
of 17 South Africans had been put on the emergency management system list. By
today, 13 of these were successfully contacted and/ or have made contact with
their families
- Accordingly, at this stage the Department is following
up on the issue of 4 South Africans that remain on the emergency management system
list
- The Department of Foreign Affairs will continue to liaise with affected
families in this regard.
Issued by Ronnie Mamoepa
on 082 990 4853. Department of Foreign Affairs
Private Bag X152
Pretoria
0001 5
September 2005 | 
