Three district municipalities in the Western Cape are hoping for their share of R22 million to enable them to fix flood damage caused by winter storms in May and June.
But, until the province succeeds in having a state of disaster declared, it has to ration and scramble to find the funds to repair critical infrastructure.
from the National Disaster Management Centre in the hope that it would unlock more than R700 million in funding.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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