CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The death toll in floods in one of South Africa’s poorest provinces rose to at least 78 on Thursday as a top official said rescue attempts in the first hours after the ...

The heartbreaking suicide of eight-year-old Imibongo Ntamehlo in Mthatha has ignited widespread outrage and urgent calls for ...

After a chaotic day in Mthatha that closed hospitals and clinics, barred students from writing exams, closed the airport and disrupted the first day of special votes, order returned to the city by ...

The Eastern Cape continues to count the cost of the catastrophic flooding that has left parts of the province in ruins and killed nearly 100 people. “At Mthatha, water went beyond what is normal. The ...

The Mthatha High Court has told pensioners from Ugie to give back a municipal grader they seized. They took the vehicle in ...

The death toll from the Eastern Cape floods in Mthatha has risen to 97 as recovery crews made another grim discovery that has left the country in shock. Another body believed to be that of the ...

MTHATHA residents expressed their frustration over what they described as the government’s sluggish response - one they believe may have cost lives - as the death toll from the devastating Eastern ...

At least 49 people are confirmed dead amid fears the number could rise in Mthatha, the Eastern Cape. Residents were warned as far back as 2013 to vacate homes built on a dangerous flood line. Floods ...

Seven people have died in the Eastern Cape as severe weather, including flooding, snow and freezing temperatures, continues to batter parts of the province. All fatalities were reported in the OR ...