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Added on the 19/04/2021 11:10:15 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A column of smoke can be seen rising from the South African parliament building in Cape Town, with firefighters on the scene, after a major fire broke out. IMAGES
Helicopters drop water bombs in a bid to quell a wildfire near Cape Town's Table Mountain which has spread to University of Cape Town campus and engulfed numerous buildings. IMAGES
Ballots are counted in Cape Town after polling stations closed in South Africa's presidential election. South Africans queued late into the night to vote, forcing polling stations to remain open beyond closing time in a landmark general election, with the ruling ANC fighting to protect its three-decade-long grip on power. IMAGES
Voters line up in Cape Town to vote in the general elections which are widely believed to be one of the most contested polls in the last 30 years. IMAGES
A long queue of cars drive along the only road south to evacuate from Fort McMurray, after four neighborhoods of the city in Canada's major oil-producing region, were ordered evacuated as an out of control wildfire drew near and the skies filled with smoke. IMAGES