South Africa is studying whether some of its largest cities should take out flood insurance after a series of disasters in ...

August 2025 brings rough seas and flooding risk along the Western Cape coast with strong winds inland; widespread fine ...

South Africa is considering a new kind of flood insurance for its high-risk cities, which could mean faster payouts when ...

More and more research is showing how climate change could trigger increased migration and, with it, another obstacle in ...

Climate change is not new: temperatures have been rising for decades as a result of global warming. In South Africa's city of ...

One in three people in informal settlements in the global south live in floodplains and are at risk of a “disastrous flood”.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly but north-easterly in the extreme south, spreading to Richards Bay by late afternoon. It will become south-easterly ...

This week, severe winter weather is expected across many parts of South Africa, and households are being warned to prepare ...

Severe thunderstorms with hail and wind expected in the northeast. Showers and cold in many areas.

Activist highlight the pollution and health problems caused by South Africa's cluster of coal-fired power stations, the most ...