Government welcomes humanitarian aid from Qatar

• Published date: 29 May 2022
• Publication title: South African Official News

Government has welcomed much-needed humanitarian aid from the State of Qatar, as it is expected to bolster efforts in response to the devastating floods that recently hit KwaZulu-Natal.

The humanitarian aid delivered by the State of Qatar on Sunday comprised,among other things, foodstuff, clothing, generators, water purifiers, ventilators, tents and medical supplies.

Addressing a media briefing on interventions and the much-needed humanitarian aid from the State of Qatar following the devastating floods, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said government has prioritised finding shelter for people who have been displaced.

'We have started moving some of them to temporary residential units and the process has been a bit slow because we need to get new land. We can't put them on the floodplains where their houses were washed away by the floods,' she said at a briefing in eThekwini on Sunday.

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