Human Interest
Sebokeng flood victims to be offered temporary accommodation─── 12:00 Tue, 01 Jan 2019
The Emfuleni Local Municipality says residents whose houses have been flooded in Sebokeng, south of Johannesburg, will be offered temporary accommodation at a local community hall.
At least 70 houses in Sebokeng have been flooded as a result of persistent wet weather conditions in Gauteng and other inland provinces.
Emfuleni municipality's spokesperson, Stanley Gaba, says that they’ll be providing the affected residents with food and blankets.
“We’re giving blankets to those that need them because some of their blankets are not usable at this moment, as well as food. We’ll also be giving them food. Where doors are broken and the gates, those are issues that we’ll look at at a later stage, but those that need accommodation, we’ll take them to the community hall for temporary shelter.”
The South African Weather Service has further issued a watch for heavy rain in North West, possible flooding in Bojanala District Municipality and Gauteng and localised flooding in the City of Tshwane, Mogale City, Ekurhuleni and in places in the West Rand.
