Disasters and weather · updated 30 October 2026
Disasters and weather in South Africa
Disasters and weather news from South Africa: 16 stories in the last two weeks, each pinned to where it happened. Updated every 5 minutes.
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- Galjoen, chokka-block with good things from the seadailymaverick.co.za · Saldanha Bay ·
- Theft Of Motor Vehicle: Everest Heightsroadsafety.co.za · South Africa ·
- Eastern Cape comic Gino Fabbri unites communities with township beatsdailydispatch.co.za · Cape Town ·
- Election days: What should SA voters prepare for?thesouthafrican.com · Mpumalanga ·
- Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Cornubia Integrated Human Settlement Milestone Celebration, Cornubia, eThekwinithepresidency.gov.za · Kwazulu ·
- The Indian Ocean volcanic island that's a hidden paradise for sailorsyachtingworld.com · Agulhas ·
- LGE 2026: Bo-Kaap resident hopes her vote will realise community improvementsewn.co.za · Cape Town ·
- Environmental activist Desmond D'Sa hailed for dedication to peopleecr.co.za · Durban ·
- Joburg water outages: Affected areas and new restrictions explainedcitizen.co.za · Johannesburg ·
- Your weather outlook for special voting and election daystimeslive.co.za · Mpumalanga ·
- An exotic and divine sensory overload in the heart of Hillbrow's chaosdailymaverick.co.za · Noord ·
- Sacha and mystery brunette: Who is woman linked to Springbok?thesouthafrican.com · Springbok ·
- Cornubia: Housing must be close to jobs and servicespoliticsweb.co.za · Kwazulu ·
- Cape Town targets cleaner municipal fleet with new EV planbizcommunity.com · Cape Town ·
- Water and Sanitation on latest weekly reservoir reportgov.za · Orange River ·
- Friday's weather: Heatwave in EC and warm to hot conditions across SAcitizen.co.za · Mpumalanga ·
- South Africa: Before Joburg's New Mayor Cuts the Ribbon, Meet the People Who Cleared the Siteallafrica.com · Johannesburg ·
- Gqeberha entertainer Gino Fabbri expands unity road show to Cape Towntheherald.co.za · Cape Town ·
- Pieter Hugo: "Grace Wales Bonner Makes Being Vulnerable Beautiful"anothermag.com · Cape Town ·
- Securing South Africa's water future requires collective actionbusinessghana.com · South Africa ·
- The Gautrain is offering rides to two notable events this weekendhtxt.co.za · Sandton ·
- Climate Change and Drought Fuel Intense Wildfires: UN Warns of 30% Increase by 2050downtoearth.org.in · South Africa ·
- Heavy rains disrupt Eastern Cape communities as disaster teams assess damagegeorgeherald.com · Mganduli ·
- Leentjiesklip tragedy: Family warns of deadly rip currentsgeorgeherald.com · Leentjiesklip ·
- Lithops: These tiny succulents look like pebbles and can disappear into a tray of stones: The way they store water and use light makes them unlike ordinary houseplantsindiatimes.com · South Africa ·
- 2026-10 - Using machine learning to build safer citieswits.ac.za · Kwazulu ·
- Throwback: When parts of SA recorded their coldest day of the yearthesouthafrican.com · Mpumalanga ·
- Table View beachfront project set for festive season wrap-upthesouthafrican.com · Table View ·
- AP Joy Wonder Discovery SummaryBrief at 12:20 a.m. EDTwdtimes.com · Rembrandt ·
- EDITORIAL | Turning South Africa into a construction sitebusinessday.co.za · South Africa ·
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