Flooding hits Cape Town, cleanup begins in KwaZulu-Natal

Update June 25: Residents of KwaZulu-Natal have started cleaning up the city after last week's flood. Officials are unable to estimate the cost of the damage this early in the operation; however, four people are reported misssing and the heavy rainfall broke four records, one...

South African Floods Raise Death Toll

At least 10 people have died and an unknown number are missing after serious flooding burst banks, dams and bridges in Durban, South Africa. Police and rescuers said cars had been swept away and buildings, even railways tracks were damaged."At least six people have been...

Light Aircraft Crashes on South African Beach

Two people were badly hurt as an ultralight aircraft crashed on Salt Rock Beach, on the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal. "Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said the aircraft had crashed on the Salt Rock beach on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast."Two people are in a critical...

Thieves Rob Entire Hotel

Talk about going big... I've never heard of a hotel robbery on this scale before. "A gang of thieves held up an entire hotel in northern KwaZulu-Natal, robbing the hotel, staff and guests of cash, cellphones and cars, police said on Wednesday. Superintendent Jay Naicker said...

Striking Workers Shut Down Durban ICU

The King Edward VII Hospital in Durban , South Africa, was stormed by striking workers earlier today. The strikers, some of whom were armed, shut down the Intensive Care Unit, which forced family members to tend to their hospitalized relations." Late on Saturday afternoon...