Eastern Cape co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) MEC Zolile Williams has called on struggling municipalities to sell their debt to private collectors to recoup some of the money owed by consumers.
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Those who lost everything in Sunday’s deadly storm spent the night sheltering in an East London community hall while officials co-ordinated disaster-response efforts. At least two people were killed and many others were left homeless as gale-force winds reaching up to 124km/h ripped off roofs, uprooted trees, caused power outages and left families homeless. Many areas were left without electricity and a school lost part of its roof.
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