The rains have calmed down since the weekend, with virtually no rain overnight on Monday, according to the National Institute of Meteorology.
Rescue teams remain mobilized as dozens of people are still missing. Hope of finding survivors is slim.
Some 10,000 soldiers, plumbers and electricians have been deployed to the affected areas to help. Air support for the movement of goods is also being intensified, water purification systems and tents will be installed for the evacuees.
In the morgues, the authorities try to speed up the autopsies of the victims due to the influx of corpses.
At least 270,000 students were unable to return to class after the Easter holiday, as more than 600 schools were affected.
In addition, almost 4,000 houses were destroyed and more than 13,500 damaged. Some 40,000 people had to leave their homes.
South Africa, facing an unprecedented natural disaster, is often spared the bad weather that regularly hits its neighbors, such as Mozambique and Madagascar.