Ramaphosa to address National Assembly on KZN floods
President Cyril Ramaphosa is due to address a joint sitting of the National Assembly on the floods that have devastated KwaZulu-Natal.
Ramaphosa is due to address MPs at 2pm on Tuesday.
The floods have cost over 400 lives and left billions of rands worth of damage to infrastructure in KZN and the Eastern Cape.
The president is expected to provide details around government’s response to the flooding, which has prompted cabinet to declare a national state of disaster.
"This is to ensure that the elected representatives of the people of our country can be directly involved in oversight of the work that is needed to provide relief and to repair," said National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.
JUST IN: National Assembly Speaker Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has received letter from President calling for a Joint Hybrid Sitting of Parliament to address Parliament on #KZNFlood on 26 April, which will also afford MPs opportunity to ensure oversight over govt relief measures pic.twitter.com/H6qGbmSGf3
— Parliament of RSA (@ParliamentofRSA) April 21, 2022
Mapisa-Nqakula says that after the joint sitting, an ad hoc committee will be established to oversee government’s efforts in the wake of the floods.
JUST IN: Speaker announces that Parliament will establish an Ad Hoc Committee to conduct appropriate oversight over #KZNFloods National State of Disaster. It's expected the Committee will be established on same day as President’s special Address to the Joint Sitting on 26 April pic.twitter.com/ZFH7yegiFG
— Parliament of RSA (@ParliamentofRSA) April 21, 2022
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