Hlabisa announces R1.4bn for disaster recovery
Cooperative Governance Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has announced over R1.4 billion in disaster relief funds for flood-hit provinces.
He says the allocation covers 60 municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Free State, Mpumalanga and Limpopo.
The minister told a media briefing on Monday that the funds were paid out between last month and this month.
"This money is intended to immediately bring relief and also to allow municipalities to undertake the reconstruction of the damage the structures destroyed by the floods in the previous years,” he said.
Hlabisa said that the KZN Impendle and Amajuba local municipalities received the biggest chunk of the funds.
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" Umsinga Local Municipality received R4 8 million, Amajuba received R8 million, Jozini received R4 8 million. Impendle received R15.5, Umgeni received R5.9 million, and Msunduzi received R6.6 million.
KZN government departments affected by the disasters received a combined total of R44 million in relief funds.
"The Department of Education received R15 million, Agriculture received R10 million, Roads R19 million,” Hlabisa said.
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