South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has visited the sites of devastating floods that have left at least 78 people dead in the southeast of the country.

In Mthatha, hundreds have been displaced and are being housed in community halls, according to local officials. Rescue teams have been dispatched from surrounding areas to reinforce emergency ...

As election day draws closer, authorities are on high alert for the possibility of a flare-up of taxi violence and protests in Mthatha.

A government minister says the death toll in floods in South Africa's Eastern Cape province has risen to 78.

The head of Gift of the Givers’ search and rescue team, Ahmed Bham, says he has not for a long time seen devastation such as that caused by the Mthatha flood last week.

Decoligny village residents in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, an epicentre of deadly floods that have led to the loss of at least 78 lives, claimed they did not hear weather warnings because they were ...

About 131 pupils from the Gobisizwe Agricultural School in Ngqeleni were treated for food poisoning on Wednesday. According to the Eastern Cape department of health, Emergency Medical Services at ...

EASTERN CAPE - Protesting taxi drivers have hijacked trucks and blocked main roads into Mthatha. The protests are in response to a police crackdown following the outbreak of taxi violence in ...