IT has been a month since Brenda Scriven disappeared during the devastating July torrential rains, and despite a weeklong search by SAPS Search and Rescue K-9 Unit, Marshal Security and local volunteers the Sunningdale woman was never found.

However, Lee Swales, the family representative and Scriven’s son-in-law, said the family was trying to return to their normal routines.

“Things are as good as one can expect, considering the circumstances. We are all taking it one day at a time,” he said.

He confirmed that the family had not given up on the search and are currently in the process of having the K9’s for Brenda (previously known as Searching for Brenda) Fund registered as a non-profit organisation.

There have been a few searches since the official search had been called off at the end of July.

“We had a few divers as well as drone canvassing the area, and there have also been a few individuals doing their own thing, but we have had no luck,” he said.

Lindy-Leigh Swales, one of Brenda Scriven’s daughters, and her sisters have organised a small fundraising table at the Annual Emergency Services Awareness Day this Saturday.

Scriven disappeared during the torrential rains on Monday, 25 July. It is believed that she was washed away by the floods after she experienced mechanical issues with her car in Glen Anil.

Lindy-Leigh, said her mother was on her way home when the family lost contact with her. After several desperate calls an unknown man finally answered the Sunningdale woman’s cell phone and told them that he had discovered her car abandoned on Sneezewood Drive.