COGTA Minister Weighs in on KZN Floods
Written by Mfundo on 20 April, 2022
By: Bright Ntuli
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, says the KwaZulu-Natal floods are the worst that the country has seen in living memory.
She has been briefing the nation on the declaration of a national state of disaster due to the severe weather events experienced last week.
The floods have left a trail of destruction, destroyed 4000 homes and left more than 40 000 people homeless.
Dlamini-Zuma says in 24 hours the province had between 300 and 400 millimetres of rain.
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Dlamini-Zuma, adds that government announced a national state of disaster because the impact of the flood goes beyond KZN.
She says says many provinces in the country were also affected.
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