It remains unclear if South Africans are among the nearly 3 000 people who have been killed in Turkey in the earthquakes near the Turkey-Syria border, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation says.
who have been killed in Turkey in the earthquakes near the Turkey-Syria border, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation has said.
Dirco spokesperson Clayson Monyela said the department had not received information about South African casualties in Turkey.
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