The minister made the call during an oversight visit to Soweto on Monday.
JOHANNESBURG - The Minister of Human Settlements, Mmamoloko Kubayi, appealed for the declaration of a provincial state of disaster in Gauteng amid heavy downpours.
She said the declaration of a provincial state of disaster would unlock funding to help affected residents.The City of Johannesburg estimated that at least 269 homes were damaged as a result.“If you look at just only Meadowlands, it's 400. You look around here, we are estimating around 100 houses. You look at the Kliptown area, it’s [144] and [in Protea South it’s 1,086] … So, you can see we’re almost going towards 2,000 [affected households].
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