Tag: floods
Provincial Minister of Infrastructure Tertuis Simmers: Updates on road closure status
Over the past few days, winter rains have fallen over parts of the Western Cape. Several roads had to be closed either due to overtopping or because they sustained damage.
Due to...
Droughts, floods and contamination: the triple threat to African mining investments
Water availability is a key investment risk to mining in many African countries, adding to the range of risks that will come under the spotlight at the Investing in African Mining...
W Cape agriculture infrastructure damage estimated at R1bn
Following the recent severe floods, the Western Cape Department of Agriculture (WCDoA) last week released an updated assessment of the estimated financial cost of the damage.
A rapid assessment conducted during the...
WearCheck offers free drinking water tests to flood-ravaged KZN
Some of the worst floods in living memory wreaked havoc on KZN last week, leaving nearly 500 people dead, many more still missing, thousands of people displaced and causing extensive damage...
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