{"id":7855,"date":"2023-02-13T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzncogta.gov.za\/?p=7855"},"modified":"2025-07-29T18:38:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:38:28","slug":"mec-sithole-moloi-leads-a-mop-operation-in-newcastle-following-heavy-rains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/devtst.kznsshf.gov.za\/kzncogta.gov.za\/index.php\/2023\/02\/13\/mec-sithole-moloi-leads-a-mop-operation-in-newcastle-following-heavy-rains\/","title":{"rendered":"MEC Sithole-Moloi leads a mop operation in Newcastle following heavy rains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1120\" height=\"746\" src=\"http:\/\/devtst.kznsshf.gov.za\/kzncogta.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-13-at-16.07.42-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9824\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC, Bongi Sithole Moloi, led mop-up operations in Newcastle, under the Amajuba District, where two people and an infant lost their lives during the floods that struck parts of the district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-2488073 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In Danhausser Municipality, two people, Nokubonga Mchunu, 22, and Thulani Mabaso, 52, lost their lives when they were swept away while trying to cross a large body of water. 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