Shack dwellers in Khayelitsha endure another winter flood
Severe winter flooding has left families in Cape Town’s informal settlements cold, homeless, and desperate.
Disaster Management
Mthatha, a scene of grief and trauma
The deluge on the night of 10 June swept away homes in Mthatha. The death toll in the Eastern Cape floods continues to rise.
Can climate-smart agriculture help build resilience against food, health and climate shocks in Malawi?
For the last two years, Jakina Lameki, who lives in the town of Bangula in Malawi’s southernmost district of Nsanje, has experienced the catastrophic impact […]
Government slow to fix storm damaged school
Learning and teaching is compromised in one of the schools affected by a recent storm in the Eastern Cape. The Department of Education claims that Disaster Management has not finalised the report, three weeks after the school’s roof was damaged.
Hostel residents forced to repair their own roofs while SALGA secures free housing for mayors
It’s over 3 months since the storm that left a trail of destruction in KZN, but there has been no help from government for residents of Glebelands Hostel in Umlazi.
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