Simelane allocates R100 million to KZN to manage flooding aftermath
Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane is on a two-day visit to the flood-stricken province.
Thembi Simelane. Picture: @GovernmentZA/X
DURBAN - The Human Settlements Ministry has allocated R100 million to KwaZulu-Natal to assist managing the flood aftermath.
Minister of Human Settlements Thembi Simelane is on a two-day visit to the flood-stricken province.
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This follows recent floods that have claimed the lives of 20 people in two weeks.
Simelane started in the eThekwini Metro Municipality on Tuesday, and will later conclude her visit on the south coast.
KwaZulu-Natal Human Settlements MEC Siboniso Duma said, “We must thank the minister. She’s just hit the ground running. She’s already allocated R100 million for the province of KwaZulu-Natal because we are spending more in terms of expenditure pattern. They are still going to add more but it’s a reality [that] it’s not going to be adequate.”