‘When the water came down, you could see the trauma and children becoming hysterical and the chaos… as people evacuated their homes, screaming,” says Gift of the Givers spokesperson Ali Sablay. On ...

CAPE TOWN - Almost five months since devastating floods swept through the small farming community of Riverlands just outside Cape Town, normality has been restored. On 8 August, four dam failures ...

Riverlands residents near Malmesbury, Western Cape, are trying to piece their lives together and salvage their belongings after three dams located in Dassenberg burst almost two weeks ago, with a ...

On 8 August, surging floodwaters from four collapsed dams situated on a nearby farm damaged people's homes and municipal infrastructure. CAPE TOWN - The Riverlands dam disaster has been classified as ...

A preliminary report into the Riverlands dam failure has revealed that all dams located in Riverlands farm in the Swartland Local Municipality did not meet the dam safety standards and standard ...

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Gift of the Givers was delivering humanitarian aid to families affected by the dam burst in Riverlands when residents suddenly ran down the road, screaming 'Die water kom, die water kom', as the ...