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Government has, again, committed to a faster and better response to disasters.
Calls have been made by Humanitarian organisation, Gift of the Givers, for a more streamlined approach by all three spheres.
The NGO is urging government to have a co-coordinated and well-structured body that will be able to respond rapidly to the needs of people affected by disasters.
Several towns in the Western Cape were left distracted after the recent heavy downpours.
The Cape has since been declared a provincial disaster.
Cooperative Governance Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa says the government is committed to this.
Hlabisa says he’s approaching the National Treasury to establish a disaster grant that will be easily available for affected provinces….