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South Africa’s president visits flood sites with death toll at 78 and expected to climb
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to visit the sites of devastating floods that have left at least 78 ...
Rescuers still pulling bodies out of the water as death toll in South Africa floods reaches 86
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in floods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has risen to 86, the police ...
Catastrophic floods kill dozens in South Africa as photos show receding waters revealing more bodies
Receding floodwaters that submerged homes days before left the residents of Mthatha, South Africa, helpless. They watched the ...
Rescuers in South Africa search for the missing after floods as the death toll rises to 57
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- The death toll in floods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has risen to 57, a government minister visiting the scene of the disaster said Thursday.
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South Africa's president visits flood sites with death toll at 78 and expected to climb
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa’s leader visited ... President Cyril Ramaphosa traveled to the town of Mthatha in Eastern Cape province, where the floods hit hardest when they began ...
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Rescuers in South Africa search for the missing after floods as the death toll rises to 57
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa said the flooding around the town of Mthatha in southeastern South Africa was “a real disaster and a catastrophe when ...
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One of South Africa’s most wanted fugitives arrested in Welkom
After evading capture and with a R100 000 reward on his head, one of South Africa’s most dangerous fugitives has been ...
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At least 78 dead in South Africa floods as official says rescue attempts were 'paralyzed'
He said the largely rural Eastern Cape province in southeastern South Africa, which is home to around 7.2 million people, only has one rescue helicopter. It came to Mthatha from the city of ...
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South Africa: Bodies of School Children Found After Deadly Mthatha Floods
The number of people killed by flash floods in Mthatha has now risen to 20 ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information ...