Climate Change a Risk to South Africa Premiums, Insurer Says January 30, 2024 By Adelaide Changole Climate change poses the most significant threat for South African insurance companies and risks raising premiums and the cost of...
Elevator Plummets at a Platinum Mine in South Africa, Killing 11 Workers and Injuring 75 November 30, 2023 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An elevator suddenly dropped around 200 meters (656 feet) while carrying workers to the surface in a...
Study: Climate Change a Major Factor in South Africa Floods May 16, 2022 By Wanjohi Kabukuru MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — The fatal floods that wreaked havoc in South Africa in mid-April this year have been attributed...
South Africa Launches Relief for Durban Flooding; 443 Dead April 20, 2022 By Mogomotsi Magome JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Declaring a national state of disaster, South Africa has allocated $67 million to help those hit by...
South Africa’s Durban Area Hit by Heavy Floods, 45 Dead April 13, 2022 By Mogomotsi Magome JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Prolonged rains and flooding in the Durban area of South Africa have claimed the lives of at...
Fire Reignites at South Africa’s Parliament in Cape Town January 4, 2022 By Gerald Imray CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP)–The fire that has already destroyed South Africa’s main Parliament chamber flared up again Monday about...
S. African Insurer Santam Loses Appeal in Coronavirus Case With Hotelier October 8, 2021 JOHANNESBURG, — South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled Santam is liable to cover the impact of COVID-19 restrictions...
South African Riots to Cost $1.7 Billion in Insurance Claims September 9, 2021 By Mogomotsi Magome JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The rioting that erupted in parts of South Africa in July over former President Jacob Zuma’s imprisonment...
South Africa’s State Insurer to Raise Cover for Unrest Following Riots August 25, 2021 JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s only insurer covering political violence will increase its premiums to cover a rise in reinsurance costs...
Cape Town Wildfire Largely Contained, Damage Assessment Underway April 21, 2021 By Gerald Imray Fire crews had largely contained a big wildfire on the slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain on Tuesday as the...