Correspondent|THE body of a female Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education official from Matabeleland South Province whose vehicle was swept away by a flooded river while travelling with a colleague has been recovered by members of the police sub aqua unit.

The vehicle was swept away on Monday evening at Mamsisi River bridge in Ntalale village South of Gwanda.

Their vehicle was found by villagers on Tuesday morning along Mamsisi River about 200 metres from the bridge lying on its roof.

The area received heavy rains on Monday which left rivers flooded. A search for the two colleagues on Tuesday by villagers yielded nothing.

A police sub aqua team from Bulawayo was deployed to search for the two officials, Ms Samukeliso Dlamini who is the Gwanda District Schools Inspector and Mr Richard Nyandoro, an accountant with the Ministry.

Ms Dlamini was driving the vehicle when the accident occurred.

Ntalale Ward councillor who was also at the scene, Coster Ndlovu confirmed that police had recovered Ms Dlamini’s body and search will continue for Nyandoro.

“The sub aqua team recovered the woman’s body from the dam who has been identified as Ms Dlamini around 5PM. Only one body has been recovered today as the sub aqua team has aborted the search for the day and they are set to resume tomorrow, “he said.