Disaster management system 'non-existent' after tropical storm in eDumbe municipality

Disaster management system ’non-existent’ after tropical storm in eDumbe municipality
By Thobeka Ngema
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Durban – The DA’s co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) spokesperson, Chris Pappas, has appealed to Cogta MEC Sipho Hlomuka and the portfolio committee to reconsider spending priorities in a bid to bolster, modernise and support disaster management in the province, particularly at a local level.
The appeal came after an oversight visit of the eDumbe Local Municipality, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, to assess damage caused by tropical storm Eloise, which revealed that the disaster management system was basically non-existent in the area.
Damages caused by tropical storm Eloise in the eDumbe Local Municipality in January this year. | SUPPLIED

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