Hundreds of Northern Cape families evacuated amid row over wall defences
07 February 2021 - 00:00
Hundreds of Northern Cape families are evacuating their farms as an incomplete R1.2bn flood protection wall project - designed to keep thousands of farmers and their crops safe - battles to hold back a raging Orange River...
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