Floods displace 100s in Western Cape

Johannesburg - Two hundred and fifty people were displaced on the West Coast in the Western Cape due to flooding on Thursday, the provincial department of social development said.

Officials from the department were in the process of rendering support to the affected families, spokesperson Deidre Foster said in a statement.

Further assessments of the area and damage would be conducted on Friday.

Social Development MEC Patricia De Lille would be visiting the Ebenezer, Vredendal North and Lutzville communities on Friday, she said.

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