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South Africa: KZN Flood Victims Relocated to New Accommodation
SAnews.gov.za, 28 December 2022
Government has relocated all families that were displaced by the KwaZulu-Natal floods to new and more acceptable accommodation. Read more »
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South Africa: Gloomy Festive Season for Flood Victims
Scrolla, 23 December 2022
Over eight months have passed since floods devastated parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape in April, yet hundreds of displaced households are set to spend Christmas in the… Read more »
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South Africa: KZN Floods Exposed Vulnerabilities in Local Structures and Disaster Response
Daily Maverick, 20 December 2022
The KwaZulu-Natal floods in April took the lives of 443 people and left countless others displaced. Interviews conducted by SECTION27 in the aftermath revealed an inadequate… Read more »
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South Africa: Jubilation As KZN Flood Victims Move to New Houses
SAnews.gov.za, 15 December 2022
Jubilation and ululations were the order of the day for over 400 families from various mass care shelters as they packed their belongings in preparation to move to their new homes… Read more »
South African Flood Victims Relocated Amid Re-Homing Scramble
The intermediate phase of the relocation initiative for more than 8,000 victims of flodds during April 2022 will see them resettled at new, more acceptable accomodation. This comes after 135 mass care centres, which housed victims in various districts, were closed over the 2022 Christmas weekend.
Buildings including community halls and churches will be utilised with the upcoming stabilisation phase intended to harness U.S.$18,900 from the Provincial Emergency Housing Grant for the provision of Emergency Housing solutions.
The rehabilitation phase of the project aims at producing long-term infrastructure projects which include permanent housing for displaced families along with making counselling available to those who need it.
The latest resettlement phase comes several months after Durban residents took it upon themselves to provide services themselves and rebuild infrastructure damage caused by the April 2022 floods which killed at least 430 people, displaced thousands and caused damage estimated at U.S.$685 million.
InFocus
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KwaZulu-Natal's metropolitan municipality of eThekwini is battling to recover in the aftermath of the April 2022 floods that came on top of the crippling July 2021 un Read more »
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The National Treasury has confirmed the allocation of U.S.$30.4 million in the first phase funding in response to Read more »
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KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Sihle Zikalala, has said substantial progress has been made in restoring water and power supply in areas affected by the recent floods. Zikalala expres Read more »
