WATCH | Clean-up operations begin in Ladysmith as water level subsides

Image:Overnight water levels subsided significantly as business owners were left counting their losses along muddy and puddle-filled streets on the periphery of the Klip River on Wednesday morning.

“Last February we had a flood but it wasn't as severe as this. This one was really bad. I know I have a massive loss. My fridges are damaged‚ my stove is damaged‚ my counters are broken. The force of the water destroyed everything.”“It's the drainage system. The last flood we had the municipality didn't come and clean up. On Wednesday we also had a flood. There was no municipality coming to help us clean up. We clean the streets‚ roads and shops on our own.

Abed Karrim of the Al-Imdaad Foundation said they and other NGOs had provided meals to at least 122 people sheltered at the Ladysmith Indoors Centre on Monday and Tuesday.He questioned the functioning of the Qedusizi Dam‚ which had initially been designed to restrict water entering the Ladysmith part of the Klip River to prevent flooding.

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