Earlier this week, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster because of the flooding — which he blames on climate change but which some critics blame on poor infrastructure and the fact that most of the people affected were living in makeshift shacks in informal settlements.
Mu ntangiriro z'iki cyumweru, Perezida wa Afurika y'Epfo, Cyril Ramaphosa, yatangaje ko igihugu kirimo ibiza biterwa n’umwuzure - we avuga ko ari  imihindagurikire y’ikirere ariko bamwe mu bamunegura bavuga ko ari ibikorwa remezo bidakomeye ndetse n’uko benshi mu baturage bibasiwe ari ababaga mu nkambi mu buryo butemewe bwo gutura.