This will not only allow the province to access national government relief, but also “support the reprioritisation of budgets to implement the repairs and recovery programmes”, the province said in a statement.
Nomahlubi SonjicaThe Camps Drift Park mall in Pietermaritzburg was among those razed to the ground in recent unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. File photo.The KwaZulu-Natal government has declared a state of disaster in the province due to the magnitude of the damage caused by the recent civil unrest.
It received a detailed progress report as most of organs of state had conducted their preliminary assessments to determine the magnitude of the damage and associated cost implications.
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