Flooding in South Africa’s Durban area has taken at least 259 lives and is a “catastrophe of enormous proportions,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said Wednesday.A bridge destroyed after a river burst its banks is seen in, Durban, South Africa, on Wednesday. (Rogan Ward/Reuters)Flooding in South Africa’s Durban area has taken at least 259 lives and is…Continue Reading
Smoke billows from the roof of a building at the South African Parliament precinct in Cape Town on January 2, 2022, during a fire incident. Marco Longari / AFPNo casualities have been reported in the fire, which has also spread to the wing housing the current National Assembly, where parliament sits.AFP Cape TownLast Updated:January 02,…Continue Reading
Passengers queue to get a PCR test against the coronavirus disease before traveling on international flights, at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Image: Reuters)’It was a short wave … and the good news is that it was not very severe in terms of hospitalizations and deaths,’ a researcher said. Associated Press JohannesburgLast…Continue Reading