Hundreds displaced after dam collapses in southwestern South Africa
CAPE TOWN, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of people have been displaced after retention dams collapsed, causing flooding and destroying homes in South Africa's southwestern province of Western Cape, local authorities said on Friday.
The incident occurred on Thursday near the town of Malmesbury in Swartland, north of Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa.
According to a statement released by the