Floods showed need to fast-track housing plans - Zikalala
KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala says the recent deadly floods have pushed government to fast-track its plans to ensure that people live in safe and dignified homes.
He was speaking at the funeral of six family members who died during the floods earlier this month.
The funeral took place on Saturday at Siyanda Sports Field in Sweet Waters.
Grandmother Slindile Mdlalose, her four children and five grandchildren, were sleeping when their home was hit by mudslides which washed them away into the overflowing uMzinyathi River.
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Four of them are still missing.
“How many of us know the pain of burying six loved ones at the same time? The pain and grief of losing one family member is difficult to describe and bear,” Zikalala told mourners.
“How much more is the agony of burying six loved ones and still facing the torment of finding the four missing ones? How do we start consoling the family that faces such heartache and calamity?
“We are with you, Mdlalose family.”
