Floods in Limpopo claimed eleven lives and left the entire province completely underwater. Premier Phophi Ramathuba verified the body count shortly after President Cyril Ramaphosa swung through to inspect the carnage. Rain battered the region nonstop and caused massive destruction within the Mopani and Vhembe districts.
Tragically, a five-year-old kid in Mbaula Village near Giyani drowned despite parents trying their hardest to escape the surging current. Authorities called an urgent meeting with local municipalities to figure out exactly how bad things look.
Reports sound absolutely terrifying. Officials estimate repairs for smashed roads alone will cost almost two billion rand. Tony Rachuene and other government bigwigs joined the assessment team to survey the wreckage.
Over sixteen hundred homes collapsed and left thousands without shelter. The disaster also wrecked thirty-one schools and multiple medical facilities.
Tragically, a five-year-old kid in Mbaula Village near Giyani drowned despite parents trying their hardest to escape the surging current. Authorities called an urgent meeting with local municipalities to figure out exactly how bad things look.
Reports sound absolutely terrifying. Officials estimate repairs for smashed roads alone will cost almost two billion rand. Tony Rachuene and other government bigwigs joined the assessment team to survey the wreckage.
Over sixteen hundred homes collapsed and left thousands without shelter. The disaster also wrecked thirty-one schools and multiple medical facilities.