At least 49 people were confirmed dead Wednesday as floods devastated one of South Africa's poorest provinces, and officials said the toll was expected to rise as more bodies are recovered in the search for missing people.

At least 49 people are confirmed dead after flooding hit South Africa, including children whose school bus was swept away during the extreme weather, officials said.

Ntsiki Mazwai slammed social media users for being "so relaxed" about the Eastern Cape floods. South Africans debated her views, with some blaming the government.

The disastrous flood that hit Durban in April 2022 was the most catastrophic natural disaster yet recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) in collective terms of lives lost, homes and infrastructure ...

The bodies of eight children aboard a school bus and that of the driver have been recovered after the bus was swept away in floods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province, provincial Premier Oscar Mabuyane said on Wednesday.

Provincial government officials say at least seven people have died in flooding in South Africa after a weather front bringing heavy rain and snow hit eastern and southern provinces.