# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, says provinces continue to face increasing pressures arising from disasters, climate change, and infrastructure backlogs. He says 2.161-billion-rand was allocated in disaster recovery grants to 92 municipalities, and 191.16-million-rand was allocated through the Disaster Response Grant to 16 municipalities. Hlabisa says additional allocations of 151-million-rand to the provincial and 203-million-rand to the municipal are being finalised:
Minister Hlabisa says provinces continue to face increasing pressures arising from climate change [SOUND]
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