Life After the Floods in South Africa

Although heavy rain has subsided in the Limpopo region, the evidence of lives lost and homes destroyed remains.

South Africa: Homes, Lives Lost in Limpopo Flooding

Health-e, 30 January 2013

Vhembe. – A Limpopo man has spoken of how he held his wife as she died in his arms after heavy rains caused a wall of their house to collapse on top of her. Edzani Musetsho ... read more »
South Africa: Mapungubwe Park Reopens After Week of Floods

SAnews.gov.za, 29 January 2013

The Mapungubwe National Park and World Heritage Site has reopened its gates to the public after being closed for a week due to heavy floods. read more »

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South Africa: Crocodile Warning and Preliminary Flood Statistics (press release)

South African Government, 25 January 2013

The MEC for Department of CoGHSTA, Clifford Motsepe would like to warn the people who are residing within the banks of the Limpopo River to be on the lookout for crocodiles and ... read more »
South Africa: Two More Drowned Bodies Discovered (press release)

South African Government, 24 January 2013

The South African Police Service (SAPS) divers' search and rescue team have discovered two more bodies. An elderly man's body was found in Soekmekaar while the other of a school ... read more »

Flooding Wreaks Havoc in Southern Africa

As heavy rains continue to pummel four Southern African countries, six people have died after the Limpopo River burst its banks in South Africa, a province where a political party ... Read more »
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