Wind hampers landside operations at Port of Cape Town

Increasing extreme rainfall and rapid urbanisation, major drivers behind Gaborone’s deadly floods – World Weather Attribution

In mid-February 2025, southern Botswana and eastern South Africa were hit by heavy rainfall, sparking severe flooding across the region. The floods claimed at least 31 lives, including 22 in KwaZulu-Natal (Mhlophe-Gumede, 2025), near Durban, and at least nine in Botswana’s capital, Gaborone, amongst them six children (Government of Botswana, 2025). At least 5,000 people have been displaced. The flooding across the border between Botswana and Sou…

Wind hampers landside operations at Port of Cape Town

Container handling operations at the Port of Cape Town have come to a grinding halt as strong winds hammer the city once again and are expected to continue until at least Friday. City of Cape Town Disaster Risk Management spokesperson Sonica Lategan said in a statement late on Tuesday that a weather warning regarding high wind speeds had been issued for the week. “The South

Recurring extreme climate events signal a need to overhaul SA’s disaster management system - KZN Industrial & Business News

AS South Africa braces for severe weather conditions in KwaZulu-Natal, North-West, Mpumalanga, the Free State, and other regions in the coming days, the South African Local Government Association (Salga) is calling on municipalities, provincial and national disaster risk management stakeholders to heighten preparedness and response efforts.This urgent call comes as communities continue to grapple with the devastating aftermath of recent floods a…

South Africa’s Disaster Management at a Crossroads: Urgent Reform Needed as Extreme Weather Events Escalate

As South Africa braces for severe weather conditions in KwaZulu-Natal, North-West, Mpumalanga, the Free State, and other regions in the coming days, the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) is calling on municipalities, provincial and national disaster risk management stakeholders to heighten preparedness and response efforts. This urgent call comes as communities continue to grapple with the devastating aftermath of recent floods …