Disaster teams are continuing with operations to bring people to safety and assist those in need, but the continuous rain is not helping.
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Zweli Mkhize said that the government across all spheres is providing a coordinated response to the devastation caused by heavy rains and floods in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape.
Mkhize met with the provincial and local leadership in the province to discuss the “unfolding work on the ground from various spheres, institutions and organisations aimed at assisting families and communities that have been devastated”. “The President of the Republic came to see first-hand the devastation left behind by the torrential rains which had surpassed 200mm, thereby leading to flooding in some areas,” Mkhize said.Ramaphosa, addressing the media at one of the sites of the disaster, said it was crucial for a coordinated response to the needs of those who had been affected.
“The disaster teams have reported that with mudslides and sinkholes swallowing homes, it is now a race against time to rescue those that have not been accounted for.
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