NGCULWINI:The effects of climate change are beginning to be costly to ordinary eSwatini citizens as a storm that destroyed cars and houses was experienced at Ngculwini and other areas on Friday afternoon.
The storm came after the landlocked tiny Kingdom situated in Southern Africa,experienced an extremely hot weather.
But on Thursday,Senator Tony Sibandze successfully moved motion a motion for the establishment of a Climate Change Committee,the Senate Committee seeks to work with the Executive arm of Government and other stakeholders in addressing issues of climate-change.
Speaking to this Swaziland News, one of the affected residents at Ngculwini said, she had prepared her house for children to visit during the festive season but the storm damaged all windows.
“I was preparing for the kids to visit home during Christmas but the storm has destroyed all windows”,she said.
Government Spokesperson Alpheous Nxumalo had not responded at the time of compiling this report, he was asked if government had or will assess the damage caused by the storm.
The United Nations(UN)Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) list climate change as goal number thirteen(13), that seeks to encourage countries to limit and adapt to climate change.
Climate change is one of the seventeen(17)Sustainable Development Goals established by the UN General Assembly in 2015 and the official mission statement of this goal is to “take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts”.
A car destroyed by the storm.