Asemahle Mazeka’s family was rescued from trees but she has not been found The family of 15-year-old Asemahle Anele Mazeka is still trying to find the missing teenager swept away from her home north of Durban during last week’s floods. Asemahle was at her home in Amaoti, with her three siblings, her mother and her […]
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South Africa: Enkanini’s Got Talent!
Residents of a land occupation in Durban held a pageant to showcase their young people and bring some much-needed sparkle and hope amid the state’s brutal evictions and arrests. Young people and children staged a talent show in the community of eNkanini in Cato Crest, Durban, in February. The settlement is part of shack dwellers’ […]
Mayco Member alleges that firefighting effort was hampered by people cutting fire hoses A fire destroyed about 300 shacks in Langa, Cape Town on Saturday night, affecting about 1,200 people according to Mayco Member JP Smith. The cause of the fire is unknown. It was one of three fires in Langa on Saturday, according to […]
Kenyan Sharon Atieno, 23, considers herself a busy woman. She believes in the saying ‘the early bird catches the worm’, and every day she leaves her Nairobi home at the crack of dawn to go to work. She is one of the waste collectors at the expansive Dandora dumping site in Nairobi’s Embakasi North constituency. […]
Durban, South Africa — South Africa’s flood-ravaged east was hit by more rain Saturday after the deadliest storm to strike the country in living memory killed nearly 400 people and left tens of thousands homeless. Floodwaters engulfed parts of the southeastern coastal city of Durban this week ripping apart roads, destroying hospitals and sweeping away […]
Industry captains and traders fear supply chain disruptions of goods to rock the country if the regional anchorage, Durban Port takes time to reopen after floods disaster. The Port, which is Africa’s biggest and the main dock for SADC countries was closed on Wednesday following floods that devastated part of South Africa’s second biggest city. […]
Thousands have been displaced and scores are missing in what is considered to be one of the worst natural disasters on record. South Africa’s weather service is warning of even more heavy rains. The death toll from floods in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province rose to 395 on Friday, authorities said. Around 41,000 have been affected […]
Monrovia — The idea that birthed the construction of the Invincible Park did not only bring about the first modern recreational park in the country but also provided a life-changing opportunity to hundreds of residents near the James Payne Spriggs Airport who had squatted in the area for decades, living deplorably in makeshift structures. Now, […]
Cape Town — Death Toll Rises in Flood-Stricken KwaZulu-Natal Province President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the devastation he witnessed on his visit to the province as a “catastrophe of enormous proportions”. The province was battered by heavy rains which led to the washing away of roads, bridges and homes. Over 306 people are reported […]
Appiatse — A total of 31 housing units are currently being roofed to temporary accommodate residents of Appiatse in the Prestea-Huni-Valley Municipality, who had their houses destroyed by an explosion on January 20. The housing units are part of the resettlement structures donated by Future Global Resources (FGR) Limited, a mining company at Bogoso to […]
Informal settlements are growing fast in the region, and governments should aim for sustainable ‘less-regulated’ urbanisation. Population growth and urbanisation are transforming cities across Southern Africa, but unlike in many other parts of the world, the urban transition here isn’t paying off. Informal settlements, where people live on unproclaimed land with poor security, little or […]
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Nigeria: Porous Borders and Insecurity
There is urgent need to properly demarcate the nation’s borders It is well-known that Boko Haram, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and other terror networks that have been disturbing the peace of Nigeria find ready adherents not only from within the country but also from the territories of our neighbours. Most of these mercenaries, […]
Only 2,300 people have a place in shelters in Gauteng Tshwane shelters are calling for help as winter comes to the highveld, leaving hundreds of people they house in need of blankets and clothing. “The residential facilities we have are usually old, and get severely cold in winter. We need hot water bottles, warm pyjamas, […]
Cape Town — President Cyril Ramaphosa Visits Flood Stricken KwaZulu-Natal KwZulu Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala is calling on the government to declare KwaZulu-Natal Province a disaster area, after devastating floods this week, that has seen roads and bridges washed away and the collapse of homes and business premises. Thus far, over forty people have […]
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 without access to water and electricity. As KwaZulu-Natal continues to count the cost of the floods that have ravaged the province, poor residents […]
Cape Town — Road, School Closures As Rain Pummels KwaZulu Natal KwaZulu Natal disaster management teams are being assisted by the South African National Defence Force, to help residents affected by torrential rains. People have been evacuated from areas that have experienced mudslides, flooding and structural collapses of buildings and roads. Flooding began in […]
The Municipal Chief Executive of Okaikwei North, Boye Laryea, said the assembly will not sit aloof for disaster to strike before it demolished structures sited under the high tension poles of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). He said “we will remove all unauthorised structures under this high tension cable to save your lives and […]
Cape Town — Many people say that African sunrises and sunsets are the best in the world, and I certainly agree with them! T here’s something very special about the warmth of those first or last rays of light. Premier Inn , a holiday booking agency in the UK compiled the best sunrises based on 250 […]