KWAZULU-NATAL provincial government says it will need over R1.9 billion for disaster relief efforts, including restoring rail damages caused by the recent floods.
Zikalala updated the media on the province’s devastating floods on Sunday.
“Although government has reprioritized R1 billion towards disaster relief interventions, we need more than R1,9 billion to complete our work,” said Zikalala.
Zikalala said the construction of temporary residential units (TRUs) has started and going according to plan.
“Regarding Human Settlements, we wish to report that the construction of Residential Temporary Units has started. Constructors are on site in Ilembe District, Ugu and eThekwini – having started on Friday in line with the commitment we made,” said Zikalala.
“We finalizing the assessment of some sites in Durban in terms of their suitability for construction. We must hasten to point out that this is a moving target. We are updating this information as more information is collated through
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