Western Cape premier commits to securing additional funding for disaster recovery [SOUND]

# Western Cape premier Alan Winde says the provincial government is committed to working closely with all stakeholders to secure additional funding and support a coordinated disaster recovery effort. This follows severe weather events that affected the province last month, with the cost of damage estimated at nearly nine-billion-rand. Provincial government spokesperson, Regan Thaw, says while damage assessments remain ongoing, initial estimates indicate that the cost of repairs and recovery will exceed the government’s current affordability levels: