Ngeendlela kunye neebhulorho ezikumzantsi-mpuma woMzantsi Afrika zikhukulisekile 'ezingazange zibonwe ngaphambili' kule veki, abahlanguli basekuhlaleni balwele ukuhambisa iimpahla kwisixeko saseThekwini, apho abahlali bebengenawo umbane okanye amanzi abalekayo kwezi ntsuku zine zidlulileyo.
Namhlanje, inani labantu ababhubhileyo kwizikhukula linyuke laya kutsho kuma-341 njengoko abahlanguli besasazeke kwidolophu esemazantsi-mpuma yaseThekwini kukhangelo olushushu lokukhangela abasindileyo.
NgokukaSihle Zikalala, inkulumbuso yephondo laKwaZulu-Natal, bangama-40,723 abantu abathe bachaphazeleka kule ntlekele kwaye kuthe kwabhubha abantu abangama-341 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
“Inqanaba lokonakala kobomi babantu, iziseko ezingundoqo, nothungelwano lonikezelo lweenkonzo ephondweni alinakuze libonwe ngaphambili,” utshilo uSihle Zikalala.
Urhulumente akakhange abonise ukuba bangaphi abantu abalahlekileyo. UZikalala uqikelele ukuba umthetho oyilwayo womonakalo uzakungena kwiibhiliyoni zeerandi.
Ngenye imini emva kokudamba kwemvula ekugqibeleni, bambalwa abasindileyo, watsho umlawuli wombutho oqhutywa ngamavolontiya iRescue South Africa. Ukusuka kwiifowuni ezingama-85 ngoLwesine, uthe amaqela akhe afumene izidumbu kuphela.
Umongameli woMzantsi Afrika uCyril Ramaphosa ubhengeze lo mmandla njengemeko yentlekele ukuze kuvulwe iimali zoncedo. Abasemagunyeni bathi baseke iindawo zokuhlala ezili-17 ukuze zihlalise abantu abangaphezu kwama-2,100 abagxothiweyo.
URamaphosa uchaze le ntlekele “njengentlekele enkulu,” watsho esithi “iyinxalenye yokutshintsha kwemozulu.”
Urhulumente wephondo lakwaZulu Natal naye uhlabe ikhwelo kuluntu ecela uncedo, ebongoza abantu ukuba baphise ngokutya okungonakali, amanzi asebhotileni, iimpahla kunye neengubo.
Iingcaphephe zemozulu zithi ezinye iindawo zifumene ngaphezu kwe-45cm (18 intshi) kwiiyure ezingama-48, nto leyo efikelela kwisiqingatha semvula yonyaka yaseThekwini eyi-101cm (i-intshi ezingama-40).
Inkonzo yeMozulu yoMzantsi Afrika ikhuphe isilumkiso kwimpelaveki yePasika malunga neendudumo nezikhukhula ezigquba kwiphondo laKwaZulu-Natal kunye neFreystata neMpuma Koloni.
UMzantsi Afrika usazama ukuchacha kubhubhani we-COVID oneminyaka emibini ubudala kunye nodushe olwabulala abantu abangaphezu kwama-350 kunyaka ophelileyo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Namhlanje, inani labantu ababhubhileyo kwizikhukula linyuke laya kutsho kuma-341 njengoko abahlanguli besasazeke kwidolophu esemazantsi-mpuma yaseThekwini kukhangelo olushushu lokukhangela abasindileyo.
- With roads and bridges in southeastern South Africa washed away by ‘unprecedented' floods this week, local rescuers battled to deliver supplies across the city of Durban, where residents have been without power or running water for the last four days.
- NgokukaSihle Zikalala, inkulumbuso yephondo laKwaZulu-Natal, bangama-40,723 abantu abathe bachaphazeleka kule ntlekele kwaye kuthe kwabhubha abantu abangama-341 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
