As of April 19, 2021, South Africa has recorded 1.56 million COVID-19 cases and almost 54,000 deaths – more than any other country on the African continent. The country has begun the national rollout...
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Missing and Deceased Migrants and their Families South Africa is a major destination and transit country for migrants from the Eastern and Southern Africa regions and beyond. Though the Southern...
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The Multi-Country Office reaches 276,329 people of concern in Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, Seychelles, and South Africa. Asylum-Seekers are caught-up in a...
FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT • Production of cereals in 2021 expected to reach near-record high, owing to excellent weather conditions and large plantings • Export quantities of maize forecast at...
On 5-6 May, heavy rain was reported in Western Cape Province (south-western South Africa), causing floods across several Districts and leading to fatalities. According to the Western Cape Government,...
About 2.6 million South Africans have lost their jobs since the pandemic hit Around 40 km outside Cape Town, Leebah Bessick wipes sweat from her forehead as she digs a pitchfork into the earth at a...
Highlights Phase One of the COVID-19 vaccination programme continued, with nearly 330,000 health workers now vaccinated, out of a total of 1.2 million targeted. Phase Two is scheduled to start in...
The Northern Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa recently experienced their longest drought in 100 years. The seven year drought, starting with lack of rains in February 2013, wrought...
Nearly 12 million people, or 20% of the country’s population, are facing severe food insecurity at the height of the lean season, (IPC 3 or above) according to the latest Integrated Food Security...
Over 153,000 asylum seekers who have been waiting many years for a decision on their applications for asylum will have their cases heard and decided, thanks to a new agreement signed today by UNHCR,...
Highlights The first COVID-19 vaccinations took place on 17 February, with President Cyril Ramaphosa receiving the vaccine. UNICEF continues to support the training of health care workers, cold chain...
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Unless the leaders of wealthy states and pharmaceutical corporations act, we risk generating new pandemics of vaccine-resistant COVID-19 Johannesburg: Equitable access and distribution of vaccines is...
Very heavy rainfall has been affecting north-eastern and western South Africa (in particular Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape Provinces) since late January, causing rivers to...
Heavy rainfall has been affecting north-eastern South Africa (in particular Mpumalanga Province, Free State Province and the area of Johannesburg and Pretoria) over the past few days, causing rivers...
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SALVATION Army emergency response teams in the north and east of South Africa are providing support for people stranded at the republic’s borders with neighbouring countries. With enhanced border...
Highlights · Children and adolescents now account for 9.2% of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases and 3.9% of all COVID-19 associated hospital admissions, a total of 5,743 admissions since the start...
A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster The Tropical storm landed in South Africa on the 24 January 2021 after it was predicted by South African Weather Service.According to a Government...
Inclusive, Non-Discriminatory Approach Needed to Curb Pandemic As South Africa received its first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines this week, President Cyril Ramaphosa stated that his government aims...
Overview In the current period, September - December 2020, 9.34 million people in South Africa (16% of the population analysed) faced high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) and...