The “Midvaal tornado” has left hundreds without a home and many injured. Emergency services are now working frantically to get help to those who need it.

How do you spot a South African anywhere in the world? This sign might just be the best way to do it. Even in hardships, we have our humour.

Hurricane Irma has just become moerse.

Make it rain.

The Western Cape Education Department has released a statement outlining its thought process in closing schools on Wednesday.

The Western Cape education department has announced that schools will be closed on Wednesday and the City has cautioned residents to stay indoors.

Winter is coming. For real, this time.

The drought-ridden Western Cape finally had a good soaking on Wednesday – drawing sheer panic from bewildered locals… and little more than amusement from the rest of the country.

The heavens finally opened in Joburg on Monday and brought with it some destruction.

It’s not a thunderstorm in Cape Town until you’ve Tweeted about it or posted a picture on Instagram.

At this early stage, the estimated death toll is hovering around the 10,000 mark. Those figures would rank Haiyan amongst the deadliest single weather events of its kind of the 21st century