Charles Molele
President Cyril Ramaphosa has conveyed his deepest condolences to the families of flood victims in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.
Ramaphosa was speaking in Amanzimtoti in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday where he arrived to assess the damage caused by the floods that has ravaged large parts of Durban on Monday evening, claiming 51 lives and displacing thousands.
He said there are more than 1,000 people who are currently displaced due to the floods in both KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape.
Ramaphosa has also commended the police, the army, the Gift of
the Givers and other rescue service teams for providing shelter, food and beds
to victims of floods.
He said government has requested money from National Treasury to assist all
those affected by ‘this terrible disaster’.
“I have contacted National Treasury to ask for money. Money is going to be needed to mobilize resources so that our people who are
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