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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declares a national state of disaster over the devastating floods around the east coast city of Durban. SOUNDBITE
The death toll from floods that have battered South Africa's east coast has risen to 443, including a rescuer, Sihle Zikalala, the premier of the KwaZulu-Natal province announces, as dozens more are still missing. SOUNDBITE
The South Dakota Department of Health on Saturday reported 54 new deaths from COVID-19. According to Business Insider, the number surpassed the state's previous record death total of 53. But that didn't stop South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem from tweeting state residents and encouraging them to go shopping. The GOP governor has refused to issue a statewide mask mandate. She has also disputed science and calls to enact stricter measures to contain the virus in the state.
The death toll from monsoon floods across South Asia, including in India’s poorest state Bihar, has increased to more than 340 people over recent weeks, with villages still submerged and hundreds of thousands evacuated to relief camps as authorities battle with rising coronavirus cases. IMAGES
Images show exteriors of a Coptic monastery in Cullinan, South Africa, where three Eygptian Coptic Orthodox monks were reported to have been murdered. IMAGES
South Africa's ruling ANC suspends the country's former president Jacob Zuma from the party. "The NEC concluded that exceptional circumstances exist to justify and warrant an immediate decision to suspend former ANC President Jacob Zuma in line with Rule 25.60," says ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. SOUNDBITE