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Skipper missing at sea: urgent appeal for information

UPDATE SUNDAY MARCH 17 at 4pm: NSRI – SODWANA BAY and NORTH – Sunday, 17 March. Search for missing skipper John Matambu continues after the charter ski-boat MAGNUM TOO located: During an extensive search involving multiple agencies and a…

This picture of Francois van Niekerk, caught up in fighting in northern Mozambique, was posted on a Facebook page titled “Bring Francois home”.Image: Facebook

Missing South African found in Mozambique: ‘It’s scary. The insurgents are ruthless, just ruthless,’ says stepmom

A 21-year-old South African who was missing in the volatile northern Mozambique town of Palma has been found, according to reports. Francois van Niekerk, who did work related to Total’s multi-billion-dollar natural gas project in…

Residents of the Praia Nova neighbourhood seek shelter from tropical cyclone Eloise, in Beira, Mozambique, on January 23 2021.Image: UNICEF/Franco/Handout via REUTERS

Cyclone Eloise: Severe winds wreck homes, displace thousands in Mozambique

Severe winds and heavy rains wrecked thousands of buildings, ruined crops and displaced almost 7,000 people in Mozambique over the weekend, officials said in their first detailed report on the disaster. Tropical cyclone Eloise hit…

Stalled traffic snakes into the distance on the Zimbabwean side of the border as drivers wait to cross into SA. Queues were later eased after visits by officials. File image.Image: Thapelo Morebudi

Urgent action plan needed at SA’s ports of entry: home affairs committee

The portfolio committee on home affairs has called for an urgent action plan from stakeholder departments at ports of entry in the country, aimed at ensuring adherence to health protocols intended to curb the transmission of Covid-19. The…

File photo.Image: 123rf.com/ Dmitry Kalinovsky

Mozambique condemns ‘horrifying’ shooting of naked woman at hands of fighters

Mozambique’s army has condemned the apparent execution of a naked woman by men wearing military uniforms, seen in video footage being beaten with a stick before being shot in the back as she tries to flee. In the unverified footage, which…

Damaged homes are pictured, 24 March 2019, at a village near Beira, Mozambique following cyclone Idai. The cyclone brought widespread flooding that took the lives of hundreds of Mozambicans and displaced thousands more. Picture: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times

Nearly 500 dead in Mozambique in wake of Cyclone Idai

The death toll in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai‚ considered the most significant natural disaster in Mozambique’s recent memory‚ has risen to 446. The weather system‚ which made landfall at the port city of Beira on March 14 ‚ brought…