0Colleta DewaJohannesburg - South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa this week deployed the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to Mozambique to assist with recovery efforts after the country was hit by tropical cyclone Idai. “We’ve deployed SANDF units to go into Mozambique to help with rescue [operations], but I’ve also directed them to go and work with Eskom in Mozambique where the pylons came down. SANDF units are going to be there looking at how we can restore energy,” he said. The cyclone destructed the Cahora Bassa power plant which resulted in shortage of power supplies in South Africa which imports a significant percentage of electricity from Mozambique. “We have directed all our Embassies and Diplomats to continue to work with the three countries to assess the damage.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 25, 2019 11:26 UTC