A man stands next to a house following heavy floods in KwaZulu-Natal
Earlier this month, Premier Sihle Zikalala said that over 8 500 houses were totally destroyed in the April and May floods.NGOs and private donors continue to spearhead efforts to provide relief. The Sokhela family in Wyebank west of Durban lost all four of their children when their house was swept away by heavy rains.“I lost four children. I’m now left with only their mother. it was going to be nice if we were moving into this house with them.
“Ourselves as eThekwini municipality, we haven’t built a single one. But we are fully aware that as late as Thursday last week, KwaZulu-Natal government in eThekwini they have put up 70 units. The housing is not the responsibility of the municipality. It is a responsibility of the national government which then is pass over to the province. When we build these houses as a municipality, we doing that as an implementing agent. It is not fully our responsibility.
This means that water will be rationed in parts of KwaZulu-Natal because of pipe damage caused by the recent floods. The City says areas that are supplied water by the Durban Heights Water Treatment Plant will experience water rationing for the next 10 to 12 months.
Government is too busy sending money to Cuba. They don't give a single 💩 about South Africans who are in dire straights
They are busy with Cyril Ramaphosa damage control over PhalaPhalaFarmGate scandal.