Three people were washed away in a vehicle and died in the Margate floods overnight
An announcement about measures to reduce load-shedding in the metro is expected ‘soon’
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Rapid urbanisation and flooding pose a risk to the continent’s cities that, by 2050, will be home to more than 900 million people, mostly living in slums
Following the 27 June deluge, the Durban Chamber of Commerce has warned the city that industry will relocate if it does not put in place risk mitigation measures
As climate change hits, natural disasters will happen more frequently, and it is better to make provision for them than scramble to mop up afterwards
Residents of the towns and villages falling under the Ugu district municipality have been fighting for a secure water supply for years
Many of the flood victims were former residents of Mega Village informal settlement, on the banks of the Umlaas Canal, who lost everything in the floods of 2019