The South African government has officially classified the devastating severe weather affecting multiple provinces across the country as a national disaster.
The Department of Cooperative Governance (DCoG) said that since May 4, heavy rainfall, flooding, thunderstorms, damaging winds, and snowfall have caused deaths, infrastructure damage, and disruptions to essential services in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, North West, Free State, and Mpumalanga provinces.
After consultations with various state organs and provincial disaster management authorities, and after assessing the magnitude and severity of the severe weather, head of the National Disaster Management Center…
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