{"id":74587,"date":"2024-10-09T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought"},"modified":"2024-10-09T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T14:55:00","slug":"limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought","title":{"rendered":"Limpopo requests R25m from disaster management centre amid drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Limpopo has requested funds from the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) as the province grapples with drought and farmers losing their livestock.<\/p>\n<p>The Limpopo department of cooperative governance, human settlements and traditional affairs (Coghsta) urgently requested an additional allocation of R25m. The funding is expected to support critical relief measures, including R15m for livestock feed and R10m for livestock watering.<\/p>\n<p>Provincial Coghsta spokesperson Molebatsi Masedi said by securing the financial assistance, they aim to bolster its drought mitigation strategies, protect the livelihood of farmers and enhance resilience against future climate change.<\/p>\n<p>The province has been facing severe drought conditions since November last year, characterised by extreme heat waves, veld fires and inadequate rainfall. The drought has particularly affected the Waterberg, Sekhukhune and Capricorn districts.<\/p>\n<p>Masedi said the challenging conditions have had a significant impact on livestock farmers struggling to sustain their livestock during poor grazing and dwindling water supplies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough above-normal rainfall in January 2024 temporarily improved dam levels to 84.7%, the benefits were insufficient for long-term relief. The harsh drought has intensified the need for immediate and effective agricultural disaster management to support communities heavily reliant on farming,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Masedi said to address the challenges, Limpopo has developed a provincial agriculture disaster management strategy designed to enhance disaster resilience across the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n<p>The strategy emphasises building partnerships among stakeholders and strengthening the province&#8217;s ability to manage disasters through proactive measures, including education on drought preparedness and the implementation of sustainable farming practices. The key initiatives include:<\/p>\n<p>expanding the province&#8217;s network of automated weather stations for real-time climate data;<\/p>\n<p>promoting drought-resistant livestock breeds; and<\/p>\n<p>encouraging the adoption of resource-conserving agricultural techniques.<\/p>\n<p>Masedi said despite previous allocations of R7.2m for drought relief during the 2023\/24 financial year, funds have been exhausted due to the extensive requirements for emergency interventions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lack of financial resources hinders the province&#8217;s ability to continue providing necessary support for ongoing and upcoming projects crucial for mitigating drought impacts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of mitigation efforts, initiatives such as water harvesting, repairing boreholes and upgrading existing water infrastructure have been prioritised to ensure stable water supply across affected regions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Limpopo has requested funds from the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) as the province grapples with drought and farmers losing their livestock. The Limpopo department of cooperative governance, human settlements and traditional affairs (Coghsta) urgently requested an additional allocation of R25m. The funding is expected to support critical relief measures, including R15m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":74586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[274,315,275],"class_list":["post-74587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Limpopo requests R25m from disaster management centre amid drought - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Limpopo requests R25m from disaster management centre amid drought\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Limpopo has requested funds from the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) as the province grapples with drought and farmers losing their livestock. The Limpopo department of cooperative governance, human settlements and traditional affairs (Coghsta) urgently requested an additional allocation of R25m. The funding is expected to support critical relief measures, including R15m [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-09T14:55:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Limpopo requests R25m from disaster management centre amid drought\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-09T14:55:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought\"},\"wordCount\":378,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/Hazrati1728473121.95615.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Africa\",\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought\",\"name\":\"Limpopo requests R25m from disaster management centre amid drought - South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/Hazrati1728473121.95615.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-09T14:55:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/Hazrati1728473121.95615.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/Hazrati1728473121.95615.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":666,\"caption\":\"Limpopo requests R25m from disaster management centre amid drought\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Limpopo requests R25m from disaster management centre amid drought\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Limpopo requests R25m from disaster management centre amid drought - South Africa","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Limpopo requests R25m from disaster management centre amid drought","og_description":"Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Limpopo has requested funds from the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) as the province grapples with drought and farmers losing their livestock. The Limpopo department of cooperative governance, human settlements and traditional affairs (Coghsta) urgently requested an additional allocation of R25m. The funding is expected to support critical relief measures, including R15m [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought","og_site_name":"South Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-10-09T14:55:00+00:00","author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Limpopo requests R25m from disaster management centre amid drought","datePublished":"2024-10-09T14:55:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought"},"wordCount":378,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/Hazrati1728473121.95615.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-South-Africa","South-Africa"],"articleSection":["all news","community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought","name":"Limpopo requests R25m from disaster management centre amid drought - South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/Hazrati1728473121.95615.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-09T14:55:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/Hazrati1728473121.95615.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/Hazrati1728473121.95615.jpg","width":1000,"height":666,"caption":"Limpopo requests R25m from disaster management centre amid drought"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/limpopo-requests-r25m-from-disaster-management-centre-amid-drought#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Limpopo requests R25m from disaster management centre amid drought"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/","name":"South Africa","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}