The aftermath of extreme weather in the Western Cape has cost the province more than R2 billion in the past six years. This has emerged at a two-day Disaster Management Indaba underway in Midrand, north of Johannesburg.
The province has recently experienced extreme floods which have left at least 18,000 people displaced and close to 4,000 homes destroyed. The University of Cape Town's Director for Disaster Mitigation, Ailsa Holloway, says government needs to put more money into developing risk averting infrastructure...
- SABC
The province has recently experienced extreme floods which have left at least 18,000 people displaced and close to 4,000 homes destroyed. The University of Cape Town's Director for Disaster Mitigation, Ailsa Holloway, says government needs to put more money into developing risk averting infrastructure...
- SABC
2 comments:
Good God!
2 Billion, plus a couple of flights and hotel tickets to discuss a Cape Town problem in Johannesburg???
phew I wonder what the other element "fire" has cost since 2000?
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