Africa-Press – South-Africa. Mpumalanga and Gauteng governments are on high alert for heavy rain after the South African Weather Service (SAWS) issued a weather warning.
SAWS earlier issued a weather warning for several provinces, including the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
The cooperative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) departments in Mpumalanga and Gauteng have coordinated joint responses with other departments to ensure an effective reaction to the destructive torrential rains.
Cogta spokesperson in Mpumalanga Lindiwe Msibi told News24 that the departments of human settlement and public works were monitoring the situation while some infrastructural damage was being repaired.
“Some roads are currently being repaired. Humanitarian relief and support are continuously being provided to the affected families. [An] evacuation process is under way, particularly for those families whose houses have collapsed and have been submerged under water,” she said on Tuesday.
Gauteng’s Cogta spokesperson Kgapa Mabusela said the department was expediting its disaster management efforts, which were launched following the heavy rains in December.
Mabusela said:
The two provinces were among those identified in the declaration of a national state of disaster by the Presidency on Monday.
The Presidency said the declaration would ensure an effective, coordinated response to the floods that claimed several lives in Limpopo, the Northern Cape and Eastern Cape.
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