South Africa declares national disaster as flooding death toll rises to 92 South Africa's Eastern Cape provincial authorities say the death toll from recent floods has risen to 92 The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2025
South Africa helicopter crash caused by penguin knocking controls The penguin, placed in a box on a passenger’s lap, slid and struck the pilot’s controls moments after takeoff from Bird Island off the Eastern Cape coast Evening Standard · Apr 10, 2025
Wetlands in South Africa’s Addo elephant park are in danger: what’s being done to protect them The Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa was established 94 years ago to protect the last 11 elephants in the Eastern Cape region. Since then, the reserve has expanded to 155,000 hectares and today it’s home to lions, leopards, rhino, buffalo and more than 600 elephants. It also has… The Conversation · Jan 30, 2025
500-year-old horn container discovered in South Africa sheds light on pre-colonial Khoisan medicines In 2020, a chance discovery near the small South African hamlet of Misgund in the Eastern Cape unearthed an unusual parcel – a gift to science. The parcel turned out to be a 500-year-old cow horn, capped with a leather lid and carefully wrapped in grass and the leafy scales… The Conversation · Feb 9, 2023
Owner of South African bar where 21 teens died arrested, police say The owner of the bar in the South African coastal town of East London where 21 teenagers mysteriously died last month has been arrested, police in the Eastern Cape province said on Wednesday. Reuters · Jul 13, 2022
Tavern tragedy reinforces need to give priority to tackling underage drinking in South Africa On 26 June 2022, 21 young people died at the Enyobeni tavern in East London, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. The incident refocused public attention on the safety of young people in the country. The Conversation · Jul 8, 2022
Anger, tears in S.Africa after 21 teens likely accidentally poisoned in pub South African mourners expressed anger and despair on Monday at the death of 21 teenagers in a tavern over the weekend, as investigating authorities said the youths were probably accidentally poisoned by something they ate, drank or smoked. Reuters · Jun 27, 2022
‘We suffocated for a long time’, S Africa nightclub survivor says The South African Police Service has launched an investigation into the incident which killed 21 young people. Al Jazeera · Jun 27, 2022