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The body of Ekurhuleni member of the mayoral committee for roads and transport planning Andile Mngwevu has been recovered in southern Mozambique

Tributes pour in for Ekurhuleni MMC Andile Mngwevu who died in Mozambique floods

His body was recovered in southern Mozambique days after the vehicle he was travelling in was swept away by floodwaters

  • Eyaaz
3 min read

Africa’s floods and droughts are messing with our minds. Researchers are trying to figure out how

As climate change intensifies, experts say our health and healthcare systems are going to suffer. But mental health often takes a back seat

  • Eyaaz
15 min read
Flood of information: The University of the Witwatersrand’s Global Change Institute and the South African National Biodiversity Institute have developed climate change fact sheets for local governments. Photo: EMS KZN

SA municipalities get high-resolution data to tackle climate hazards

Wits and Sanbi have launched fact sheets, helping local governments plan for a climate-stressed SA

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
Car pool: When Toyota’s vehicle assembly plant in Durban flooded in 2022, the car maker’s insurer took the municipality to court. Photo: File

Flood damage: An act of God or governance failure?

Everyone remembers April 2022, when torrential rains pummelled KwaZulu-Natal and flood­waters ravaged homes, roads and factories. Lives were lost, families were displaced and infrastructure was destroyed. And although every part of the province bore the weight of that disaster, one story in particular has found its way into court.  Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM), has […]

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
IFP leader Velenkosi Hlabisa. (@GovernmentZA/X)

Cooperative governance allocates R1.4 billion to disaster management

The money will allow municipalities to rebuild structures damaged by floods, said Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa

  • Aarti Bhana
3 min read
Graphic: John McCann/M&G

Trapped in an extreme world

The real Slim Shady of the M&G newsroom is surprised to find even Trump is just imitating – or so his younger colleagues reckon

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
Limiting greenhouse gas emissions and building resilience can improve the everyday lives and experiences of South Africans. (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Report: Climate change to reduce incomes, undermine food and water security, raise cost of living

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  • Sheree Bega
1 min read
A relative is overcome by emotions as she pays tribute during the funeral service for the victims of a major flood and landslide that claimed dozens of lives near the Rift Valley town of Mai Mahiu on May 9, 2024. (Photo by SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images)

Dams burst, bridges washed-away and lives lost in Kenya floods

The worst floods in 30 years took the country by surprise

  • Des Erasmus
3 min read
Emergency services have reported multiple accidents and injuries on wet and flooded roads. Photo supplied

Emergency services in overdrive as rain batters already flood-hit Durban

The South African Weather Service has issued a level 5 warning for KwaZulu-Natal as flooding leaves the province at a standstill, and schools close early

  • Umamah Bakharia
3 min read
Many roads in Stanger and surrounding areas were damaged in the floods. Photo: Supplied

Durban again hammered by heavy rain, flooding

A severe storm system left a trail of destruction in eThekwini, KwaDukuza and Ndwedwe

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read
Flooding in KwaZulu-Natal. File photo Rajesh Jantilala/AFP/Getty

Death toll increases to 22 after KZN floods

Cogta has dismissed claims that it has not put measures in place to mitigate against natural disasters

  • Umamah Bakharia
2 min read
Researchers say transactional sex will become more common because of a rise in climate change-related droughts and floods. (A.Davey)

Taken by storm: Why climate change makes transactional sex more common

Because it involves one partner who provides the other with a reward in exchange for sex, it’s not an equal power relationship

  • Eyaaz
7 min read