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Urban floods are becoming more common as a result of increasing urbanisation, poor urban planning, and climate change. A new report by PlanAdapt explores how the cities of Cape Town, Durban, Mombasa...

Heavy rain has been affecting Eastern Cape Province (south-eastern South Africa) over the past few days, causing floods and resulting in casualties and damage. According to media reports, at least...

Social Development Minister, Lindiwe Zulu will today visit parts of the Buffalo City Municipality in the Eastern Cape where flooding from the recent torrential rains left a trail of destruction of...

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster In the early hours of the 12th of December, heavy thunderstorms hit Mthatha town, in the OR Tambo district of the Eastern Cape province. Media...

UNHCR SOUTHERN AFRICA: STEPPED UP LIVELIHOODS AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION STRATEGY 2021-2024 Southern Summary This document presents the UNHCR Regional Bureau of Southern Africa’s (RBSA) Livelihoods and...

Heavy rain and thunderstorms have affected Eastern Cape Province (south-eastern South Africa) over the past few days, resulting in casualties and damage. According to media reports, at least six...

UNHCR is advocating for women and girls in South Africa to acquire identity documents which can help reduce the risk of statelessness, and physical and psychological abuse. By Pumla Rulashe in...

Brazzaville, 9 December 2021 – The Omicron variant is reaching more countries in Africa and weekly COVID-19 cases in the continent surged by 93%. However, there are signs of hope as preliminary data...

South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Province has the highest prevalence of both HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in the country. Since 2011, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working...

The IFRC Southern Africa Cluster Delegation has officially launched the Pan African Tree Planting #IFRC10Million Initiative in the region. The Tree Planting Initiative aims to contribute to the...

In the last few days, heavy rain with thunderstorms and lightning has been reported across parts of South Africa, resulting in casualties and damage. Media reports that two people died and ten others...

Due to its middle-income status, stable democratic institutions, and comparatively industrialized economy, South Africa hosts the largest number of immigrants on the African continent. According to...

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT • Positive production outlook for 2022 cereal crops, reflecting large acreage expectations and forecasts of favourable seasonal rainfall • Record cereal outturn estimated in...

Operational Context As of October 2021, the COVID-19 outbreak in South Africa was in the twentieth month since the index cluster of imported cases were confirmed on the 5th of March 2020. The country...

Following the recent unrests which took place in July, South African Red Cross Society noted an increase in the vulnerability of communities which they serve. As a result, the International...

South Africa: A New Social Assistance Assessment Aims to Help Strengthen Policies and Programs for the Poor The World Bank, in collaboration with the Government of South Africa, released a new report...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) convene today, the first-ever meeting of the Oversight Committee for Missing Migrants with...

Ties between the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHRC), have been formalised and strengthened after the two entities signed a...

The Multi-Country Office reaches 259,552 people of concern in Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, Seychelles, and South Africa. In the Republic of South Africa, a...