MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal, Bongi Sithole Moloi, will lead mop-up operations in Newcastle following the weekend’s damaging flash floods.
The department said another person was still missing in Mtubatuba Ward 9 , after a vehicle was swept away with two occupants and one was able to escape.The mayor of the Amajuba District Municipality, uMntwana Ndabuko Zulu, said he was working with the leadership of affected municipalities and had dispatched the disaster management teams to urgently provide relief to the families affected by the ongoing rains.
Depending on the assessment results by our teams who are on the ground, more facilities, such as community halls, will be identified to accommodate those who will be in need.