WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. 2022 Eastern Cape floods - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Eastern_Cape_floods

    20 confirmed [1] Buffalo City Municipality, Eastern Cape Province. In early January 2022, the Eastern Cape province in South Africa experienced heavy rain and flooding following a thunderstorm that swept away homes, personal belongings and loved ones. These flash floods have left hundreds homeless, especially in township of Mdantsane which is ...

  3. 2023 Western Cape floods - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Western_Cape_floods

    11 (at least) The 2023 Western Cape floods were a devastating series of floods affecting the Western Cape province of South Africa as a result of heavy rainfall on 24-25 September 2023. [1] The flooding resulted in at least 11 fatalities, the closure of over 200 roads, and over 80,000 people being left without electricity.

  4. 2023 South Africa floods - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_South_Africa_floods

    Floods hit South Africa in February–March 2023, caused by heavy rainfall as a result of the La Niña weather phenomenon, affecting seven provinces, including Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, and North West. [2] The floods have caused casualties, fatalities and damage to homes, businesses, basic infrastructure, roads, bridges and affected crops and livestock.

  5. Cape to Cairo Railway - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_to_Cairo_Railway

    Crossing at Victoria Falls. The Cape to Cairo Railway was an unfinished project to create a railway line crossing from southern to northern Africa. It would have been the largest, and most important, railway of the continent. It was planned as a link between Cape Town in South Africa and Port Said in Egypt.

  6. Cape Town - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town

    Cape Town [a] is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. [11] It is the country's second-largest city, after Johannesburg, and the largest in the Western Cape. [12] The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality .

  7. Enyobeni Tavern disaster - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enyobeni_Tavern_disaster

    The Enyobeni Tavern is a two-storey building located in Scenery Park, East London, Eastern Cape, amidst densely populated residences. The building had received complaints from local residents due to its late opening hours and the noise from the building. Although the legal drinking age in South Africa is eighteen, the tavern reportedly served ...

  8. Sunrisers Eastern Cape - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunrisers_Eastern_Cape

    Sunrisers Eastern Cape is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that first competed in the inaugural season of SA20 tournament. [1] The team is based in Gqeberha, South Africa, and was formed in 2022.

  9. Metrorail Western Cape - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrorail_Western_Cape

    Metrorail Western Cape is a network of commuter and suburban rail services in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality (metropolitan area of Cape Town) and in the surrounding towns of Malmesbury, Paarl, Stellenbosch and Wellington in the Western Cape province of South Africa .