# KwaZulu-Natal premier Thami Ntuli says laws must be enforced to stop people from building in flood line areas. At least 86 people have lost their lives in floods in the Eastern Cape in the past week. Reflecting on the 2022 floods in KwaZulu-Natal that claimed 443 lives, Ntuli said profiteering from illegal developments worsens […]
# Fourteen-year-old Likhona Fose, whose mutilated body was found last week, has been aid to rest today in Nkonkobe Village, Alice, Easterb Cape. Likhona, originally from Sol Plaatjie, Durban Deep in Johannesburg, went missing after leaving home to play with friends. Her mutilated body was found in a veld by community members. One suspect, Mduduzi […]
# Die voorsitter van die Suid-Afrikaanse Mediese Vereniging, Mvuyisi Mzukwa, waarsku teen uitbrekings van waterdraende siektes soos cholera en gastro-intestinale voorvalle ná die oorstromings in die Oos-Kaap. Mzukwa het aan Newzroom Afrika gesê hy is bekommerd oor die skade aan die water- en sanitasie-infrastruktuur en die druk op gesondheidsorgfasiliteite. Hy sê gesondheidswerkers is onder geweldige […]
Die Oos-Kaapse premier, Oscar Mabuyane, het 19 Junie as ‘n provinsiale roudag verklaar ter herinnering aan diegene wat in die week se verwoestende oorstromings omgekom het. Tot dusver is 79 sterftes in die provinsie aangemeld. Die premier het aan die media gesê die regering en begrafnisondernemers werk saam om families te ondersteun. Nadoodse ondersoeke is […]
# South African Medical Association chairperson Mvuyisi Mzukwa has warned of potential outbreaks of waterborne diseases such as cholera and gastrointestinal cases following floods in the Eastern Cape. Speaking to Newzroom Afrika, Mzukwa cited damaged water and sanitation infrastructure and overwhelmed healthcare facilities as major concerns. He said healthcare workers are under immense pressure, with […]
# Die Oos-Kaapse premier, Oscar Mabuyane, sê inwoners moenie terugkeer na vloedgebiede nie en sê die grond is onwettig en in privaat besit. Hy het beklemtoon dat munisipaliteite verordeninge moet afdwing om onbeheerde nedersettings in vloedgebiede te voorkom. Met die voorbereiding van tydelike huisvesting vir die dakloses, het Mabuyane gewaarsku dat mense nie kan terugkeer […]
# Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has declared Thursday next week a provincial day of mourning in remembrance of lives lost in this week’s devastating floods. Thus far 79 people have been declared deceased in the province. Addressing the media, the premier said government and funeral homes are working together to support affected families, with […]
# Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane says residents must not return to flood line areas, calling the affected land illegal and privately owned. He stressed that municipalities must enforce by-laws to prevent unregulated settlements in flood prone areas. While temporary shelters are being considered for displaced families, Mabuyane warned that rebuilding on unsafe land cannot […]
# COSATU het die terugkerende lede van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag verwelkom ná hul vredesending in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo. Matthew Parks van die vakbondfederasie sê COSATU salueer hul opoffering en treur oor diegene wat tydens die sending omgekom het. Hy doen ‘n beroep op dringende ondersteuning, insluitend beter opleiding, toerusting en befondsing vir […]
