A national disaster has been declared after the recent severe weather events that have led to floods and a loss of lives.
Head of national disaster management Dr Elias Sithole said the declaration was made after he and heads of provincial disaster management assessed the magnitude and severity of the severe weather conditions from late December.
The weather resulted in lightning, strong and damaging surface winds, heavy rainfall and flooding from late December in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape and North West that resulted in a loss of life, damage to property, infrastructure and the environment, as well as the disruption of basic services.
