#DurbanFloods: Govt must answer about placements of RDP houses | Independent on Saturday

Durban - The IFP said it was saddened by the deaths of more than 50 people who have lost their lives through the violent storms that hit Durban this week.

Businesses in Durban were also adversely affected as many employees were advised to stay home on Tuesday as many roads around the city were blocked due to flooding. He said the government’s human settlements departments had a lot to answer for. In Umlazi, south of Durban, several low cost houses were swept away in the storm, killing several people around the township. Retaining walls in the low cost housing settlements also collapsed, crushing several people to death around the township.

The IFP called on people in the Eastern Cape to exercise caution after the South African Weather Service issued a flood warning there.

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