EDUCATION MINISTER ADDRESSES ZAMBEZI SCHOOL FLOODS
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The Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, said they are handling the flood situation affecting schools in the Zambezi Region.
The Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, said they are handling the flood situation affecting schools in the Zambezi Region.
Seasonal floods have severely affected Nankuntwe Combined School, making it only accessible by boat. The school faces possible closure after parents refused to allow its relocation, citing past experiences of property loss.
The Zambezi Governor's Office is receiving additional aid from the Red Cross, coordinated through the Office of the Prime Minister in response to ongoing floods.
Governor Dorothy Kabula expressed gratitude for the swift response from the government and stakeholders.
Residents of Mariental's Extension Five informal settlement accuse the municipality of relocating them to a flood-prone area after heavy rain flooded their homes this week.
Residents say they feel hopeless after rainwater flooded their homes and destroyed their belongings.
Heavy rains and floodwaters are threatening food security for some farmers in the Mbilajwe and Batubaja areas in the Zambezi Region.
City of Windhoek Communications Manager Harold Akwenye has clarified that relocating flood victims to Farm 508 was an emergency measure meant to protect those individuals from immediate flood danger.
A year after flash floods displaced them from their homes, many families relocated to Farm 508 on the outskirts of Windhoek in the Goreangab area say they are still facing severe daily hardships.
Flood victims of Tuesday's disaster in Zambia's Lundazi District of Eastern Province are in dire need of safe water after the water treatment plant got submerged by the same overflow.
A rainstorm left a trail of destruction in its wake, damaging houses and structures and uprooting trees in Katima Mulilo and the surrounding areas.
The storm that hit on Tuesday caused widespread damage to homes in Mafuta, Namalubi, and Lisikili.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah will inspect the progress at relocation centers for flood victims in the Ohangwena, Oshana, and Omusati regions starting April 19th.