EDITORIAL | Town planning is key preventing recurrences of flood disasters

It is vital relief funds are spent wisely and measures are taken to ensure natural disasters do not repeatedly damage infrastructure

29 March 2023 - 21:44

SA’s latest weather-related disaster has left 1,000 residents of Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape homeless and severely damaged roads and bridges in the area...

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