South Africa reports 443 deaths due to floods, army deploys 10,000 troops

Gabane police post gets two new vehicles

Botswana: The rising crime in Gabane and surrounding areas has prompted the Botswana Police Service (BPS) to respond to the situation by issuing two new vehicles to Gabane Police Post.

KFS launches eight utility vehicles to augment forest Protection

Kenya: The Principal Secretary of the State Department of Forestry, Ephantus Kimotho, has urged Kenya Forest Service to lay focus on resource mobilization and stakeholder engagement as a key strategic objective in the growth of the capacity of the Service to implement the 30 percent tree cover target by 2032.

Homa-Bay county schools to compete in tree growing

Kenya: The Governor of Homa-Bay County, Gladys Wanga, has launched a school tree growing competition that will involve all schools in the county in a bid to increase the country's forest cover from the current 3% to 30%.

PR Event in Ebène Cybercity for Flyover Ebène Project

Mauritius: A Public Relations exercise with tenants and stakeholders of Ebène Cybercity in view of the construction of the new interchange along the M3-A14 corridor (Flyover Ebène project) was held on Tuesday, 21 March 2023, at the Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Tower in Ebène.

South Africa: The country has recently been triggered by massive floods due to the heavy rains, which have claimed more than 440 lives. Dozens are still missing in the country as a team of rescue operations are searching for those missing people in the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province of the country on Sunday, April 17, 2022.

Further, South African authorities also deployed 10,000 soldiers to provide food and shelter assistance to the people who are residing in the worst-affected areas.

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Due to the massive floods, the province has felt huge destruction which left thousands of citizens homeless. People are now witnessing power outages and not hitting water properly. The rescue operations are disrupted due to the continuous rain and flooded situation at one of Africa’s busiest ports, Durban.

As per the reports, the South Africa has recorded more than 10 billion rands in the destruction of the infrastructure.

Premier of the province, Sihle Zikala, informed that the death toll due to the flood had risen to 443, as a total of 63 people are unaccounted for.

Residents of the province are facing huge trouble as they asserted that they are terrified of a heavy flow of water. In the worst-affected areas, people have also been devastated by the news of the destruction of their loved ones.

One of the residents, named Mjoka, stated that her home had been fully destructed, but they hadn’t lost hope. She is a resident of Sunshine village in the Thekwini municipality whose eight-year-old nephew has been missing for the day the flood hit the area.

Further, President Cyril Ramaphosa‘s office asserted that on Saturday, he had delayed his scheduled visit to Saudi Arabia so that he could be focused on the disaster that hit the province.

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He will also meet his cabinet minister to take further action on the crisis.

KZN Premier Zikalala also said that these floods were among the worst in the recorded history of the province.

Gabane police post gets two new vehicles

Botswana: The rising crime in Gabane and surrounding areas has prompted the Botswana Police Service (BPS) to respond to the situation by issuing two new vehicles to Gabane Police Post.

KFS launches eight utility vehicles to augment forest Protection

Kenya: The Principal Secretary of the State Department of Forestry, Ephantus Kimotho, has urged Kenya Forest Service to lay focus on resource mobilization and stakeholder engagement as a key strategic objective in the growth of the capacity of the Service to implement the 30 percent tree cover target by 2032.

Homa-Bay county schools to compete in tree growing

Kenya: The Governor of Homa-Bay County, Gladys Wanga, has launched a school tree growing competition that will involve all schools in the county in a bid to increase the country's forest cover from the current 3% to 30%.

PR Event in Ebène Cybercity for Flyover Ebène Project

Mauritius: A Public Relations exercise with tenants and stakeholders of Ebène Cybercity in view of the construction of the new interchange along the M3-A14 corridor (Flyover Ebène project) was held on Tuesday, 21 March 2023, at the Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Tower in Ebène.

Mauritius Qualifications Authority renews RPL Support Scheme

Mauritius: The Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Support Scheme, a process to officially recognise and validate competencies gained outside the formal education and training system for the purpose of certification, was renewed yesterday, between the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) and the Mauritius Qualifications Authority (MQA), during a ceremony held at the Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Tower, in Ebène. The event was followed by a workshop on Portfolio Development for 100 new potential candidates.

Dominica: PM Roosevelt Skerrit welcomes Mexican delegation AMEXCID

Dominica: Dr Roosevelt Skerrit, the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica, received a group from the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) led by its Executive Director, Dr Laura Elena Carrillo Cubillas, and extended a warm welcome on March 23, 2022.