Cederberg municipal manager Gerrit Matthyse wants Citrusdal and surrounding areas affected by the flooding to be declared a local disaster area. The Cape Winelands and the West Coast – which includes ...

Electricity supply to Citrusdal has been restored. Work is also under way to repair the road that leads into the town. The town has been cut off from the rest of the province since last week, ...

What were once thriving vegetable gardens run by 10 small-scale farmers in Oranjeville, Citrusdal in the Cederberg, is now partly overgrown with only a few dead crops. For the last two winters, these ...

Accompanied by Dr Ruben Richards, Executive Mayor of Citrusdal, and Boffie Strydom, Executive Mayor of the West Coast District Municipality, Minister Meyer was thanked by local officials for the ...

Disaster risk management officials said on Monday 158,097 people were affected and 47,663 structures flooded or damaged during several days of extreme weather in the Western Cape. “There has been a ...

Heavy flooding has left Citrusdal residents stranded One resident says he's been living in his truck since Wednesday. Some people are being temporarily being housed in a local sports hall. Citrusdal ...

For the last two winters, these farmers have not been able to grow crops due to devastating floods in the region. Usually by this time of the year, the farmers have grown large cabbages, cauliflower, ...

CITRUSDAL - The Western Cape’s Cederberg Municipality is exploring ways to better protect the town of Citrusdal from flooding events. Traffic to and from the town has been impacted after the main road ...

More than 20 communities remain cut off from the rest of the Western Cape following the heavy rains, while a helicopter had to be used to deliver food. Cederberg municipal manager Gerrit Matthyse ...