MOP-up operations got underway on Tuesday, as the Gauteng Disaster Management and the Midvaal Municipality offered help following the tornado.
MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and Human Settlements Paul Mashatile visited the area together with Midvaal Mayor Bongani Baloyi.
Mashatile said that information compiled by disaster management so far, indicated that 565 shacks were damaged with an estimation of over 1000 people affected including women and children.
Thirty one (31) injuries were reported and the injured people were transported to Heidelberg and Kopanong Hospital, with one critical patient transferred to Baragwanath Hospital.
26 of the injured people have since been discharged from hospital.
The MEC said that the affected households have been provided with alternative shelter, food, blankets and medical care while the disaster management teams are busy assessing the extent of the damage in the formal areas Vaalmarine.
“The swift response by Disaster Management and EMS personnel, coupled with the interventions and aid assistance by various NGO’s and private entities to bring humanitarian to the affected communities, are not going unnoticed,” said Mashatile.
