The SA Human Rights Commission has lamented 'a lack of political will and government red tape' for delayed state response to the devastating floods in parts of the country earlier this year.
KwaZulu-Natal faces a huge rebuild task after damage by floods, including this 15m gap in Ntuzuma where a bridge once stood. File photo.The SA Human Rights Commission has lamented “a lack of political will and government red tape” for delayed state response to the devastating floods in parts of the country earlier this year.
The commission was briefing parliament’s ad hoc joint committee on flood disaster relief and recovery about its work to monitor government’s flood relief efforts. “In any disaster there must be political will to say, before something breaks out let’s assist our people,” he said. “We also uncovered that the remains of the damages to the graves have also not been properly attended to. There are also unclaimed bodies in mortuaries.”
It noted government procurement processes were slow in comparison to the private sector and damage to infrastructure may not have been caused by the most recent floods as residents indicated that in some instances water and sanitation and roads were damaged long before April. The floods may have only worsened the situation.
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