South African Breweries (SAB) has joined a number of companies in pledging donations to assist relief efforts in KwaZulu-Natal.
SAB says the bulk of its R500 000 donation will go to humanitarian aid organisation, Gift of the Givers, which is assisting communities devastated by the recent flood damage.
SAB’s Prospecton Brewery, Plant Manager, Raidah Vaid says, “SAB has donated R500 000 from our Castle Lager brand team, majority of which would go to Gift of the Givers in order to give to the people, mostly destitute right now. Because of the value chain been part of the liquor industry. We are also donating funds to the KZNB liquor board in terms of food parcels for those liquor trading businesses that have been devastated by the floods and who depend on the establishment to survive. The owners, workers and their families.”
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Meanwhile, President Cyril Ramaphosa has lambasted attempts to misuse relief efforts for residents in KwaZulu-Natal after the floods that devastated the province.
Earlier this month, the province saw floods that left over 400 dead and displaced many others and destroyed key infrastructure.
KZN Premier, Sihle Zikalala, has estimated the cost of damage to amount to about R17 billion.
The president was delivering the keynote address at the official commemoration of Freedom Day in Middleburg, Mpumalanga, under the theme, Consolidating Our Democratic Gains.
