South Africa: Media Statement - Committee On Cogta Follows Up On Contingency Measures to Deal With Effects of Disaster

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The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) received a briefing from the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) yesterday on the effects of Tropical Storm Eloise and the recent flooding in the Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Eastern Cape, North West, Northern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces.

The committee told the NDMC's Dr Mmaphaka Tau that, following the classification of the tropical storm Eloise as a national disaster according to the gazettes issued on 12 and 24 February 2021, it became the committee's responsibility to follow up on the contingency measures implemented to deal with the effects of the disaster.

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