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Kubayi said this when she participated in the department’s budget vote at a mini-plenary of the National Assembly on Tuesday.

A month after deadly floods hit KwaZulu-Natal, the provincial government is still locked in talks with the National Treasury on the allocation disaster funds to the tune of R1 billion.

Our government derives its approach to Human Settlements from the injunction contained in the Freedom Charter that says: “There Shall Be Houses, Security and Comfort!”.

KFC Add Hope has mobilised more than 1.2 million meals in the areas affected by the floods in the KZN region.

Many of the flood victims were former residents of Mega Village informal settlement, on the banks of the Umlaas Canal, who lost everything in the floods of 2019

Health Minister Joe Phaahla says over 8 400 people who were left homeless during the recent floods are currently being housed in 98 shelters, community halls, religious facilities and other temporary structures within communities.

National Treasury to also assist to prevent leakage, potential fraud and wastage, Ramaphosa confirms.

Government ministers in the social cluster division outlined the various measures implemented to assist flood victims in KwaZulu-Natal.


Health minister Joe Phaahla says his department will have to pay close to R190m to fix health infrastructure that was damaged in the KwaZulu-Natal floods.

Good afternoon and thank you for your time. We meet under difficult circumstances in our country. We have all witnessed the disaster that has occurred in the KwaZulu-Natal province. It has affected lives and livelihoods in manner never seen before. Families have lost their loved ones and there is a lot of grief at the moment. It is for that reason that we would like to start by conveying our deepest condolences to all the affected persons and their families.