With parts of the Western Cape entering into the rainy season, and the recent heavy rainfall that caused flooding, flood resilience expert Tjeerd Driessen says South Africa needs to invest in “future-proof” infrastructure. “If you have more rainfall events normally, the infrastructure should also increase to cope with those bigger events for example, if you have a bridge and it is sized for 1980, but we have a flood event in 2050, then we may need to have a bigger bridge,” he explained.