Newzroom Afrika interview

Social media is awash with pictures of houses with collapsed walls and blown away roofs due to the recent tornado that tore through some parts of KZN. UKZN Head of Civil Engineering Department Prof Mostafa Mohamed discusses the kind of infrastructure needed to adapt to threats presented by climate change.

SABC News interview

The official death toll from yesterday’s massive storms in KwaZulu-Natal is one. But Netcare 911 spokesperson, Paul Herbst, says seven people have been reported missing, with search and rescue teams retrieving three bodies, including a child, from the Mkhumbane River at Cato Crest outside the Durban CBD. For more, we are joined by KwaZulu-Natal University Civil Engineering Academic Leader, Prof. Mohamed Mostafa and UCT Civil Engineering Department Lecturer, Gundo Maswime.