# The Cape Winelands District Municipality says all its areas have reported damage due to the inclement weather being experienced in the Western Cape. Witzenberg, Breede Valley, Drakenstein, Langeberg and Stellenbosch were worst affected. Spokesperson Jo-Anne Otto says thousands of people had to be evacuated and housed in community and church halls, while a number […]
# Mayor of Johannesburg Dada Morero says the demolition of illegal structures in the CBD continues as the city intensifies efforts to reclaim the city from criminal activity. More than a dozen illegally built structures on Small Street have been demolished since Monday. The mayor says authorities needed careful planning to avoid violent resistance and […]
# Drie-en-twintig plaaswerkers en hul gesinne is gered op ‘n plaas langs die ou N1-pad tussen Worcester en Rawsonville in die Wes-Kaap. Die werkers was volgens berigte sedert Maandag vasgekeer op plaasstrukture se dakke as gevolg van stygende vloedwater. Craig Lambinon van die Nasionale Seereddingsinstituut sê drie plaaswerkers se liggame is ook gevind:
# Twenty-three farmworkers and their families were rescued on a farm along the old N1 roadway between Worcester and Rawsonville in the Western Cape. It is believed they had been trapped on the rooftops of farm structures due to the rising floodwaters since Monday. The National Sea Rescue Institute’s Craig Lambinon says the bodies of […]
# Kaapstad se Ramp-risikobestuur sê assesserings toon die afgelope dae se stormweer het 83-duisend-184 mense in 21-duisend-546 woonplekke geraak. Sedert Maandag het swaar reën, donderstorms, skadelike wind en sneeu in ses provinsies voorgekom en minstens tien lewens geëis. ʼn Woordvoerder van Ramp-risikobestuur, Charlotte Powell, sê hulle verleen hulp in gebiede soos Vygieskraal, Overcome Heights, Khayelitsha […]
# Disaster Risk Management in the City of Cape Town says assessments indicate that the adverse weather conditions have impacted 83-thousand-184 people living in 21-thousand-546 dwellings in recent days. Since last Monday, a combination of heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, damaging winds and snowfall has affected six provinces, resulting in the deaths of at least ten people. Disaster Risk […]
# Oorstromings ontwrig toegang langs die N2 in Kaapstad, met die Borcherd’s Quarry-roete wat gesluit is weens water wat opgehoop het. Verkeerswoordvoerder, Kevin Jacobs, sê die sluiting het aansienlike vertragings veroorsaak vir motoriste wat na die stad toe kom, met die reën wat aanhoudend voortduur. Hy versoek bestuurders om versigtig te ry, spoed te verminder […]
# Die bevestigde sterftetal weens storms in die Wes-Kaap het tot ses gestyg, terwyl byna ses-duisend mense weerloos gelaat is terwyl die gure weer die provinsie aanhou teister met wydverspreide oorstromings, ontruimings en skade aan infrastruktuur. Die owerhede sê byna twee duisend blyplekke is oorstroom or verwoes in informele nedersettings soos in Philippi en Khayelitsha […]
# Die Noord‑Bolandse dorp Worcester is heeltemal afgesny van die buitewêreld weens hewige oorstromings wat groot dele van die Wes‑Kaap raak. Die N1 is in albei rigtings gesluit, asook die R43 na Wolseley, die R46 na Villiersdorp en die R60 in die rigting van Robertson. Die brug oor die Breërivier naby Nekkies is ook oorstroom. […]
