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KwaZulu-Natal will receive about R1bn from the national department of human settlements after thousands of houses were destroyed during the floods this week.

A traditional prayer observed on Good Friday was cancelled at the Umhlatuzana Hindu Temple in Chatsworth after part of the 70-year-old building was demolished and washed into a nearby river during the floods on Monday.

Eleven people were killed in the Western Cape on Friday morning when a bus and minibus collided.

Thirty-five people were killed and 71 others seriously injured when a bus carrying members of the Zion Christian Church was involved in an accident in Chipinge, southeastern Zimbabwe on Thursday night.

KwaZulu-Natal went from floods to fires on Wednesday as the devastating impact of one of the worst downpours in its history emerged and those affected vented their frustration by burning tyres on rain-soaked roads.

A military helicopter airlifted a woman's body from a dam in KwaDukuza on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast on Friday.

Some areas in Johannesburg are without power and water after a fire gutted the Eldorado Park substation on Friday morning.

The death toll in the KwaZulu-Natal flood disaster has risen to 395.

The export of produce and imports of agricultural goods have been significantly affected by the recent severe weather conditions in in KwaZulu-Natal, the KZN Agricultural Union said on Friday.

“If an accident can put you in jail, I think there will be a change in attitude,” said transport minister Fikile Mbalula.

Members of the Yuru Cats gang in Ottery in the Western Cape were arrested on Thursday after Lansdowne police reacted to shots being fired around midday near a shopping mall in Ottery Road.

The Gautrain was trending on Twitter on Friday morning after a Muslim man said he was detained for breaking his fast on board.

Motorists in KwaZulu-Natal were driving around looking for fuel on Friday morning after pumps ran dry over the past two days.

The Ahmed Kathrada foundation has called on government to ensure the funds allocated to the KwaZulu-Natal flood disaster are not stolen nor misused.

Parliament's portfolio committee on health has announcedt the deadline for public comment on the proposed Covid-19 health regulations has been extended from April 16 to April 24.

Burials in Durban cemeteries resumed on Friday following widespread flooding in the city.

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Two fathers speak of the devastating floods and the struggle to save their children.

The death toll in the floods in KwaZulu-Natal has reached 341.

A Vereeniging father and son who are accused of beating two minor children, killing one of them and leaving the other for dead, have been granted bail.

Eastern Cape authorities were on Thursday continuing with their search for a 10-year-old boy who is suspected to have drowned while trying to cross a flooded river in Port St Johns on Tuesday,

A Zimbabwean was arrested on Thursday after being found to be running a fully functioning "department of home affairs" in his flat, said Gauteng police.

“We believe these sentences will work as a deterrent to other criminals,” National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Mojalefa Senokoatsane said on Thursday.