President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on Monday night over the devastating floods that have seen catastrophic damage caused in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of the Eastern Cape, as well as a fire in the Western Cape. Ramaphosa announced that a national state of disaster had been declared due to the loss of life and damage to property, infrastructure and the environment.
The SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) will increase the value of cash benefits from R700 to R1,980 for disaster cases where people have lost all of their belongings, and double that if there has been a loss of life.
The SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) will increase the value of cash benefits from R700 to R1,980 for disaster cases where people have lost all of their belongings, and double that if there has been a loss of life.
I drove out of eThekwini, leaving behind friends and family, just as a picture was beginning to emerge of the extent of the damage done by the heavy rains that had kept us all indoors for much of the weekend, writes S'thembiso Msomi.