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The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) says mop-up operations have started following two days of heavy rains.

Image: Nonkululeko HlopheThe KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs says mop-up operations have started following two days of heavy rains. The disaster management and technical teams across KwaZulu-Natal province have commenced with cleaning up and fixing technical faults after the heavy down pours on Thursday and Friday while two people are in hospital and another is reported missing.

COGTA provincial spokesperson for KwaZulu Natal, Nonala Ndlovu, says they were able to curb greater destruction and loss due to prior safety measures. Residents of Peaceville in Pietermaritzburg say their lives are at risk because the area is prone to flooding. They have committed themselves to continue searching for the body of the young girl.

Resident, Nhlakanipho Makhathini, explains that this is not the first time such an incident has occurred, but that it is a regular occurrence following heavy rains.

 

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Looks like we need a huge mop and an even larger bucket.

This province is ruled by a rich king, and it's provincial government has spend millions on a celebrity funeral. While people were living in the tents from last year.

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Instead of constructing drainage system after last year's floods what other preventative measures were put in place? I thought we were going to see artificial rivers and canals being constructed to help the normal drainage system that might be too old and disfunctional.

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