But the spread of cholera across the Limpopo river into South Africa has intensified the debate there.

ECONOMIST: Zimbabwe

In South Africa, floodwaters claimed several lives and left hundreds stranded after the Limpopo river burst its banks on Monday.

BBC: Mozambique 'to evacuate thousands' because of flooding

Floodwaters in South Africa have claimed several lives and left hundreds stranded after the Limpopo river burst its banks on Monday.

BBC: UN: Floods displace 70,000 and kill 36 in Mozambique

"Intense rains and flooding of the Limpopo River have affected over 100, 000 people in Gaza Province alone, " the United Nations said in a statement.

CNN: Raging floodwaters kill dozens in Mozambique

The only things that seem to multiply, apart from the noughts on the bank-notes, are pot-holes in what used to be Africa's smoothest roads north of the Limpopo river.

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Zane Langman, the son-in-law of the farm's owner, told the newspaper that many of the crocodiles had escaped into dense bush and the Limpopo River, the second biggest in South Africa.

BBC: South African crocodiles 'in mass escape' during floods

It is difficult to get exact numbers from the owners of Rakwena Crocodile Farm about how many of the crocodiles initially escaped into dense bush and the Limpopo River, the second biggest in South Africa.

BBC: South African crocodiles hunt 'continues by night'