Phaahla: KZN shelters continue to house those left homeless by floods
Health Minister Joe Phaahla says over 8 400 people who were left homeless during the recent floods are currently being housed in 98 shelters, community halls, religious facilities and other temporary structures within communities.
Phaahla had been reporting during a social cluster media briefing on the national state of disaster on the floods.
A breakdown shows those being sheltered include 4 700 women, 1 700 children under the age of 10, 1 000 elderly persons and 217 people with disabilities.
"The department is working in collaboration with other stakeholders in executing the role of providing humanitarian relief," said Phaahla.
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"So working with the province and local municipalities, eThekwini, iLembe and all the districts and specific focus on children who have been displaced from their homes and also some of them unable to attend schools.
“So the Department of Social Development and Sassa were all at the centre of assisting all affected communities.”
