Countries KwaZulu-Natal deadly floods shine spotlight on housing crisis Durban – Thulisile Ntobela, once lived in an apartment, but when her rent went up 25%, the unemployed mother of... Read more 24 Apr, 2022
Countries Floods heap woes on South Africa trading hub Durban – First it was Covid, then riots and now floods: KwaZulu-Natal (NZN) province, South Africa’s gateway to the... Read more 23 Apr, 2022
Countries After floods, KZN residents wait hours for water amid fear of disease Durban – After floods ravaged South Africa’s coastal city of Durban, residents queue atop a hill on a long... Read more 22 Apr, 2022
Countries South Africa revises KwaZulu-Natal flood toll down to 435 Johannesburg – The death toll from South Africa’s worst floods in living memory was on Thursday officially revised down... Read more 22 Apr, 2022
Countries KZN floods: SA deploys 400 of the 10 000 troops expected to assist in relief operations Durban – South Africa’s military has so far deployed 400 of the 10 000 troops earmarked for emergency, relief... Read more 21 Apr, 2022
Countries Toll hits 448 in KwaZulu-Natal floods, relief effort falters Durban – South Africa’s government on Tuesday sought to reassure a worried public about efforts to help the east... Read more 20 Apr, 2022
Countries SA ministers to the front as KZN flood effort stutters Durban – South Africa’s government on Tuesday sought to reassure a worried public about efforts to help the east... Read more 19 Apr, 2022
Countries KZN floods: ‘This is a humanitarian disaster that calls for a massive, urgent relief effort’ – Ramaphosa Durban – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday declared a national state of disaster over the deadly floods... Read more 19 Apr, 2022
Countries What’s behind KwaZulu-Natal flood disaster Durban – South Africa, the continent’s most industrialised country, has largely escaped the tropical cyclones that regularly hit its... Read more 18 Apr, 2022
Countries Flood-struck South Africans seek Easter Sunday divine ‘refuge’ Durban – As temperatures climbed and an overcast sky hung over a storm-ravaged township in eastern South Africa, survivors... Read more 18 Apr, 2022