Five Newsworthy Things in SA 19th June 2023:

News in South Africa 19th June: 1. Western Cape floods: Western Cape authorities are bracing for another cold front on Monday as the province has been hard hit by widespread flooding and damage to infrastructure. Humanitarian relief is still being provided to many areas. The floods have made many roads and bridges inaccessible. Western Cape Minister of Local […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 19th April 2022:

News in South Africa 19th April: 1. Floods declared a national disaster: Ramaphosa announced the elevation of the KwaZulu-Natal floods to the status of a national disaster – just days after it had been formally classified as a provincial disaster. That moves responsibility for co-ordination of the response to the disaster, including high-level decisions on […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 13th April 2022:

News in South Africa 13th April: 1. Floods ravage KZN: On Monday, 11 April, more than a fifth of a metre of rain fell at Mbazwana, in north KwaZulu-Natal just about 100km south of the Mozambique border, according to preliminary data from the SA Weather Service’s observation station there.  The 206.4mm of rain measured at […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 18th February 2021:

News in South Africa 18th February: 1. Politicians can’t get vaccines first: The health department’s hopes of having dozens of politicians receive early Covid-19 vaccinations to shore up public confidence in the jab have been dealt a blow after the medicines regulator turned down its request to include them in the first phase of the […]

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