Officials plan to have Ugu declared a disaster area
Ugu's Deputy Mayor, Pumlile Mthiyane says with six confirmed deaths following last week's floods, teams are still working to recover more victims in the region.
Mthiyane spoke to Newswatch in KwaMasinenge in Margate - where all the relief donations collected at East Coast Radio House on Friday are being distributed by the Gift of the Givers.
#KZNFloods Ray Nkonyeni Mayor, Nomusa Mqwebu has told @ECR_Newswatch that there was damage to around 50 percent of the areas under them @ecr9495 pic.twitter.com/bGF4v87ETD
— Nushera Raisa Soodyal (@nushera) April 30, 2019
She's described the damage as catastrophic - and says they'll be submitting a request for the region to be declared a disaster area.