UPDATE | President Ramaphosa to brief SA on Monday at 9pm about response to devastating floods

President Cyril Ramaphosa's address to the nation on the government’s response to the catastrophic floods in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape has been moved to 9pm on Monday.

This after a special cabinet meeting on Sunday where the government assessed the social and economic aftermath of flooding in the two provinces and work under way to provide relief and rebuild.

"President Ramaphosa visited the eThekwini municipality on Wednesday, April 13, where he received an update incorporating the responses of local, provincial and national authorities to the disaster," the presidency said on Monday.

"The president has, since the start of the emergency, consulted the National Disaster Management Centre and the interministerial committee on disaster management."

Ramaphosa postponed a visit to Saudi Arabia to attend to the affect of severe weather events in SA.

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