{"id":965254,"date":"2024-07-11T07:24:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T07:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=965254"},"modified":"2024-07-11T07:24:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T07:24:11","slug":"govt-delegation-to-visit-flood-affected-cape-flats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/govt-delegation-to-visit-flood-affected-cape-flats\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt delegation to visit flood affected Cape Flats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Human Settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi and her Deputy Thandi Mahambehlala will today lead a delegation to the Cape Flats to assess the extent of the damage that the floods have caused.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy rains have wreaked havoc across the Western Cape, causing mudslides and floods in various informal settlements which has also led to road closures.<\/p>\n<p>Ministry spokesperson, Hlengiwe Nhlabathi-Mokota, says Kubayi will visit various disaster-stricken zones in Khayelitsha, Nkandla, Zamimpilo and Kuyasa.<\/p>\n<p>Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis will be part of the delegation. The floods have affected at least 15 000 people.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/cape-town-remains-on-high-alert-following-heavy-rains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western Cape authorities say evacuation orders have been issued in Citrusdal and the Cape Winelands,<\/a> with possible evacuations in areas in the Drakenstein Municipality.<\/p>\n<p>Officials provided an update on the impact of the storm damage and the response of various agencies and departments since the series of cold fronts hit the province on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tmuYo82dGbE?si=I2VrPQrlW9zPKYQy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heavy rains have wreaked havoc across the Western Cape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":965255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[217],"tags":[1084],"class_list":["post-965254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-africa","tag-cape-peninsula-floods"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=965254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=965254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=965254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}