The Premier of KwaZulu-Natal Mr Thamsanqa Ntuli will on Tuesday, 16 July 2024 lead the Provincial Government oversight visit to two areas that were gutted by fire over the weekend.

This morning a Special Executive Council meeting was convened to discuss the devastation caused by these fires across the Province on human life, livelihoods, stock and infrastructure.

At 9am on Tuesday morning, Premier Ntuli will visit the Kenville Informal Settlement in the eThekwini Metro to offer personal condolences and assess the situation. He will be accompanied by Members of the Executive Council, senior government officials and leadership of eThekwini Metro Municipality.

In this tragic incident over 200 informal units were completely razed to the ground and over 400 people were displaced.

The Premier will then brief members of the Media, outlining government interventions, relief and recovery efforts. The Media Briefing will take place at the Marine Building in Durban.

Later in the day the Premier and the Members of the Executive Council will proceed to Boston, near Mpophomeni under the uMngeni Local Municipality where 6 firefighters are reported to have lost their lives while battling the blaze in a plantation in the area.

Members of the media are advised to cover these events as follows:

Kenville Information Settlement
Date: Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Venue: Kenville Informal Settlement
Time: 09h00

Media Briefing:
Date: Tuesday 16 July 2024
Venue: The Marine Building, 15th Floor, Office of the Premier
Time: 11h00

Parking for the members of the media will be demarcated outside the Marine Building

Boston Visit:
Date: Tuesday 16 July 2024
Time: 14h30
Meeting point to be communicated in due course



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For more information, please contact:
Head of Provincial Government Communications, Bongi Gwala at 072 793 4757 or
Acting Media Liaison, Joseph Cubai at 060 534 4187

ISSUED BY THE KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT