South Africa

The Department of Water and Sanitation has cautioned faith-based communities to avoid water bodies during the coming Easter weekend.

President Ramaphosa has told the people of KwaZulu-Natal that government will intervene to help families affected by the floods.

The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation says mitigation strategies must be put in place to avert the annual recurrence of disasters, as seen in KwaZulu-Natal.

Eskom Chief Executive, Andre de Ruyter, says the power utility will not be implementing stage two load shedding at the flood-hit eThekweni Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal.

More than 100 schools have been affected by flooding in KwaZulu-Natal.

The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Executive Council has called for a state of disaster to be declared in the province, following heavy downpours that wreaked havoc in different parts of KZN.

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned that rain is expected to return to many provinces ahead of and during the coming Easter Weekend.

The Border Management Authority (BMA) Commissioner, Dr Nakampe Masiapato, is undertaking a two-day visit to the Lebombo Port of Entry in Mpumalanga to unpack the country’s Easter season’s plans.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will this morning visit flood-stricken parts of KwaZulu-Natal to offer support to affected communities and assess the response of government and civil society to this “critical situation”.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says at least 1291 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in South Africa over the past 24 hours.

Further breakdowns at generation units at Eskom’s power stations have led to the power utility having to implement stage two load shedding from Wednesday until the early hours of Friday morning.

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has urged communities in flood-affected areas to exercise caution, as government counts the cost of the recent torrential rains in KwaZulu-Natal.

A Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit says progress has been made in the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM).

The KwaZulu-Natal Water and Sanitation Department has moved to assure community members that the wall of Hazelmere Dam is intact.

The South African government has successfully placed US$3 billion in bonds maturing in 2032 and 2052 in the international capital markets on 11 April 2022, the National Treasury has announced.