Floods in KZN

2022 - 5 - 30

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KZN Floods: Death toll has risen to 459, Qatar delivers aid (The South African)

The combined death toll in KZN after the floods sits at 459 people with billions of rands lost but Qatar has lent a helping hand.

Phtots: Supplied/KZN Government Phtots: Supplied/KZN Government The death toll in KZN after the last bouts of floods sits at a combined total of 459 people with billions of rands lost but Qatar has lent a helping hand.

KZN floods: Only 108 temporary homes completed out of nearly 5 ... (News24)

Nearly 50 days after floods ravaged KwaZulu-Natal, just a handful of temporary houses have been completed, while thousands languish in community halls and ...

KZN premier getting his hands dirty amid floods and a brewing storm (Daily Maverick)

Dr Imraan Buccus is senior research associate at ASRI. With so many people not doing their jobs in terms of maintaining and updating public infrastructure, ...

He is routinely a safe pair of hands in a crisis. More mayhem is in store in the municipality as the DA cobbles together a coalition. His Twitter timeline is chockful of his daily grind, right down to physically filling potholes. Culprit number one in the recent deluge is eThekwini Municipality — the last of the trophies on the ANC’s mantlepiece of metropolitan councils. Hanging on by his manicured fingernails is Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda who, since his deployment in 2019 to replace Zandile Gumede, has not done a day’s work beyond an out-of-office tweet during last July’s looting. For decades of the democratic era, hardly anybody has taken a spade or a torch to the hundreds of thousands of miles of pipes and canals that form an intricate web under our homes, roads and cities.

88 People Still Missing After KZN Floods - iAfrica (iAfrica.com)

On Sunday, he gave an update on the situation in the province regarding the recent devastating floods.

EDITORIAL | KZN floods: it's time the state sorted out the land issue (TimesLIVE)

KZN premier Sihle Zikalala says suitable land must be found on which to build houses for the thousands of locals who lost their homes in the floods. Image: ...

Qatar Delivers Humanitarian Aid to KZN Flood Victims, Australia ... (SAPeople News)

South Africa has welcomed much-needed humanitarian aid from Qatar. The aid, which was delivered on Sunday, will bolster efforts in response to the ...

“We have started moving some of them to temporary residential units and the process has been a bit slow because we need to get new land. It’s also carrying out an assessment on what the needs on the ground are, what further support might be needed or rendered by the State of Qatar to South Africa,” Pandor said. More work to rebuild infrastructure and secure suitable land for housing is being done,” Zikalala said. “These costs exclude new ones emanating from the May floods. Ambassador of Qatar, Tariq Ali Faraj, wished a quick recovery to South Africa and said: “We hope this plight will be over soon. We are implementing measures to protect residents from such adverse weather events in the future,” Zikalala said.

KwaZulu-Natal's post-floods infrastructural recovery to cost over $1.6 ... (cgtn.com)

For the second time in two months, KwaZulu-Natal province was hit by destructive floods that destroyed roads, bridges, buildings and other infrastructure. The ...

The northern parts of Durban were also affected, with roads being destroyed and buildings left hanging. More than 440 people were killed in KwaZulu-Natal and infrastructure destroyed after resultant floods gashed the province. The areas that were most affected by the latest floods were in the southern part of Durban, especially the Bluff municipality.