Together we can reduce winter flooding impact. The City of Cape Town is doing what it can to reduce ...
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Last Updated: 09 May 2022 - 19h39
Together we can reduce winter flooding impact.
The City of Cape Town is doing what it can to reduce the impact of flooding following recent heavy rains and encourages residents living in informal settlements to also help.
In various areas across the metro, the City is unable to assist due
to the residents settling in a floodplain, dam, road reserve, water retention pond, wetland or other waterlogged areas, as well as on privately owned land.
The City performs various services to reduce the risk of flooding where it can, but those in areas situated on waterlogged land are especially vulnerable.
The City expects flooding incidents this winter to impact the newly formed informal settlements which were created through the many organised unlawful occupations on flood-prone areas such as in Dunoon, Khayelitsha, Kraaifontein and Mfuleni since the start of the national Covid-19 lockdown periods in 2020.
The vast majority of the occupations happened on land that is not suitable for human settlements.
The City can do little to assist those who are unlawfully occupying
low-lying and flood-prone areas.
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