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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. Photo: AP
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Rescuers in South Africa search for the missing after floods leave at least 49 dead

Rescue teams brought bodies out of the water in blue body bags, while witnesses said many people had taken refuge on the top of buildings or in trees

US President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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South Africa town leader 'sad' about Trump's misuse of white crosses video

US President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
USA

Trump confronts South Africa's Ramaphosa with false claims of white genocide

Demonstrators hold placards in support of US President Donald Trump's stance against what he calls racist laws, land expropriation, and farm attacks, outside the American Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, February 15, 2025. Photo:REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
USA

First white South Africans arrive in US as Trump claims they face discrimination

Katia Beeden, life coach and campaigner for white South Africans who want to apply for US refugee status, poses for a picture at her residence in Fish Hoek, Cape Town, South Africa, April 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Shafiek Tassiem/File Photo
USA

First white South Africans board plane for US under Trump refugee plan

Demonstrators hold placards in support of US President Donald Trump's stance against what he calls racist laws, land expropriation, and farm attacks, outside the American Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, on February 15, 2025. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
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First white South Africans to arrive under US refugee plan as soon as next week

Electricity lights up the central business district of Cape Town, South Africa, June 18, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo
Africa

Politics home and after haven't deterred investors from South Africa

Emergency workers in attendance at the scene of a collision between two passenger trains near Pretoria, South Africa, January 31, 2013. Photo: Via AFP/UNB
Africa

Injuries as South African luxury train smashes into another

Marco Rubio. Photo: Oliver Contreras/Sipa/Bloomberg
USA

US declares South Africa's ambassador persona non grata

US President Donald Trump looks on in the Oval Office, on the day he signs executive orders, at the White House in Washington, DC, US March 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Africa

South Africa rejects 'megaphone diplomacy' as Trump backs funding cut

US President Donald Trump looks on in the Oval Office, on the day he signs executive orders, at the White House in Washington, DC, US March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
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US stopping all federal funding to South Africa, Trump says

Delegates arrive at the Cape Town International Convention Centre during the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in Cape Town, South Africa February 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Nic Bothma
World+Biz

G20 finance ministers, central bankers to meet amid fractious geopolitics

South African Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe speaks at the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa February 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Esa Alexander/File Photo
Africa

South Africa open to nuclear project bids from Russia or Iran: minister