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[Daily Maverick] Civil society and humanitarian groups have called for urgent interventions in areas affected by flooding in KwaZulu-Natal, particularly informal settlements. While residents prepare for a potential further deluge, many have been left...

[allAfrica] The Real Housewives of Lagos started streaming on Showmax on April 8, 2022 - a night after its grand and glamorous launch in Sandton, South Africa. Hosted by South Africa's television personality Bonang Matheba, the event saw South Africa...

[SAnews.gov.za] Further breakdowns at generation units at Eskom's power stations have led to the power utility having to implement stage two load shedding from Wednesday until the early hours of Friday morning.

[Premium Times] Last week, a 43-year-old Zimbabwean man, Elvis Nyathi, was attacked by a mob and set alight by a group of vigilantes.

[SAFA] This initiative aims to encourage adoption of MYSAFA and Inqaku's funeral insurance product that gives back to football. Clubs are rewarded an amount equal to 10% of the premium for policies purchased by their supporters. These rewards are mad...

[New Dawn] WASHINGTON, DC, 12th April 2022 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Africa Fintech Summit is pleased to announce that Ecobank Group, one of Africa's pioneering Fintech enabler banks, is Gold Sponsor for this year's Africa Fintech Summits, b...

[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- Researchers in Botswana and South Africa have detected new sub-lineages of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 and are carrying out further investigations to fully understand crucial traits such as infectivity and virulenc...

[CAJ News] NIGERIA and South Africa have enhanced a partnership to tackle drug trafficking between the two countries.

[The Conversation Africa] The South African novelist K. Sello Duiker would have turned 48 on 13 April 2022. Since 2005, when he took his own life at the age of 30, his importance to the body of African literature has become even more evident. His wor...

[SAnews.gov.za] Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has urged communities in flood-affected areas to exercise caution, as government counts the cost of the recent torrential rains in KwaZulu-Nat...

[SAnews.gov.za] Eskom crews have been dispatched to assess and deal with any interruptions to power supply as a result of the current flooding taking place in parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

[Govt of SA] President Cyril Ramaphosa will visit flood-stricken parts of KwaZulu-Natal tomorrow, Wednesday 13 April 2022, to offer support to affected communities and assess the response of government and civil society to this critical situation.

[Daily Maverick] It is understood that a makeshift 'pollution control dam' started to overflow just after 6pm on 11 April at the height of the rains that caused havoc in KwaZulu-Natal.

[Daily Maverick] Just as businesses and residents were finding their feet after July's unrest in KwaZulu-Natal, the province has been hit by heavy flooding.

[Daily Maverick] A weekend of heavy rain in KwaZulu-Zulu has not let up, causing flooding and mudslides that have killed at least 45 people. The rainfall has been described by forecasters at the SA Weather Service as 'record-breaking'.

[Daily Maverick] After more than four days of constant rain, KwaZulu-Natal's infrastructure, which has been under strain from years of under-investment and poor maintenance, buckled. This led to multiple drownings, landslides, power outages, water sh...

[GroundUp] Houses collapse in Ntuzuma north of Durban

[SAnews.gov.za] A Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit says progress has been made in the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM).

[SAnews.gov.za] The South African government has successfully placed US$3 billion in bonds maturing in 2032 and 2052 in the international capital markets on 11 April 2022, the National Treasury has announced.

[SAnews.gov.za] eThekwini Mayor, Mxolisi Kaunda, has urged residents to remain indoors and avoid going to town if there is no emergency, as heavy rain continues to wreak havoc in KwaZulu-Natal.

[SAnews.gov.za] Eskom Chief Executive, Andre de Ruyter, says although power supply will remain constrained throughout the week, several generating units are expected to return to service ahead of the Easter holidays.

[Daily Maverick] The United Nations has expressed growing concern about the ongoing violence, intimidation and harassment against foreigners in South Africa and has urged the government to ensure their human rights are respected.

[Govt of SA] President Ramaphosa to participate in SADC Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit

[Govt of SA] South Africa's draft National Biodiversity Offset Guideline has been published for public consultation.

[Govt of SA] During an engagement earlier this month between the Overstrand Mayor, Dr Annelie Rabie, and officials from the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements (WCDoHS), an agreement was reached that on 13 April 2022, the Schulphoek Social C...

[Govt of SA] President Cyril Ramaphosa will today, Tuesday 12 April 2022, participate in a Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit that will include countries that are contributing military personnel to the SAD...

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa will today participate in a Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit, which will include countries that are contributing military personnel to the SADC Mission in Mozamb...

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department and Water and Sanitation will on Tuesday open five sluice gates at the Vaal Dam due to the recent downpours.

[GroundUp] Anathi Mbalo hopes to raise funds with her local boxing club to participate in local competitions