FA_Mozambique

Emergency Update – Mozambique – Cyclone Gezani

The ForAfrika team in Mozambique is closely monitoring the evolving situation as Cyclone Gezani approaches the coast.

Emergency appeal: Southern Africa floods victims need urgent humanitarian response 

Since late December 2025, relentless heavy rainfall has triggered severe flooding across southern and central Mozambique and South Africa’s Limpopo Province, affecting over 700,000 people.

Emergency Appeal – Eastern Cape Floods 2025

Heavy rains, snow and gale-force winds have battered South Africa’s Eastern Cape since 9 June. Bridges have been swept away, homes submerged, and livelihoods destroyed. Provincial officials now confirm at least 57 people have died, with many still missing and hundreds forced into makeshift shelters
Eastern Cape Floods

Eastern Cape Floods

On 25 March 2025, powerful storms ripped through the Amathole District in the Eastern Cape, leaving a trail of destruction in communities like Keiskammahoek, Stutterheim, Cathcart, KwaMaqoma, and Ngcobo.
Heavy rainfall and flash floods batter South Africa

Heavy rainfall and flash floods batter South Africa

Parts of Johannesburg, in South Africa, were flooded on Wednesday as torrential rain hit the city in a matter of hours causing severe infrastructure damage. Streets turned to rivers, bridges were submerged, walls collapsed, cables were exposed and a number of motorists had to be rescued.
Storms in SA

Storms and flash floods in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Free State, North West, and Limpopo

Families across KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Free State, North West, and Limpopo are in crisis after devastating floods swept through their communities. Homes have been destroyed, belongings washed away, and thousands are left with nothing. Many are without food, shelter, or basic necessities, and the situation is worsening by the hour.

A life inspired by Africa

“Potatoes! Potatoes!” came the cry up the stairwell of the six-story apartment block in Maputo. It was the early 1980s and Mozambique was in the midst of civil war – and a famine.

Western Cape Floods

Cape Town has reported over 339 floods, vehicle accidents and road-obstructing incidents, resulting in 4,500 people being displaced and 15,000 structures damaged.

Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Emergency

The Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal have been severely affected with floods displacing thousands of people and resulting in 12 tragic fatalities so far.

Violence, fear and hunger still stalk the people of Cabo Delgado

Cabo Delgado, the northern province of Mozambique, has been plagued by violence since 2017. People, who have watched their friends and family members killed – often decapitated or cut into pieces – tortured or raped and their homes and farms burnt to the ground, have been forced to flee to neighbouring areas. According to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), at the height of the conflict at least a million people were displaced and in January 2024, about 582,000 people had still not returned home. In February of this year there was a resurgence of conflict in the area.