The president said that the national state of disaster allowed more resources to be freed up, boosting capability and technical expertise in providing relief.
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has returned to a national state of disaster, this time in response to the devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal that have claimed more than 400 lives.
Over the last week, there have been mounting calls for the president to declare a provincial state of disaster in KwaZulu-Natal but Ramaphosa said that given the extent and impact of these floods that wouldn’t go far enough.
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