South Africa allocates $5.6m for Western Cape Drought Relief
The Minister said this when he led a media briefing of the Inter-Ministerial Task Team on Drought at the Imbizo Centre in Parliament in Cape Town.
The announcement comes after the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) declared the Western Cape drought situation as a provincial disaster after conducting assessments in June and July this year.
Providing a breakdown of the funding, the Minister said of the R34 million that will be used for relief projects within identified municipalities, the City of Cape Town would be allocated R20 million, Bitou Local Municipality R10.9 million, while R3.1 million would be channelled to the Theewaterskloof Municipality. All these payments would be made from Cogta's Municipal Disaster Grant.
The Minister said while the municipal allocations were transferred to the recipients on 21 August 2017, the funds earmarked for agriculture will be transferred on 31 August.
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