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Bhekisisa Mncube is a multi-award-winning regular columnist at Daily Maverick and City Press.

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The Human Cost of Climate Disasters

| Apr 2025
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In summary, over the past three years, KwaZulu-Natal has endured multiple flood disasters that have collectively resulted in more than 500 fatalities and displaced tens of thousands. Scientists warn that extreme rainfall events are becoming more frequent as the climate warms, doubling the likelihood of occurrences like the 2022 floods​. Reuters reported in 2022 that the World Weather Attribution group analysed weather data and digital simulations to compare today's climate with that of the pre-Industrial Revolution era in the late 1800s. "The results showed that an extreme rainfall episode such as this one [the 2022 floods] can now be expected to occur approximately once every 20 years," a study showed.

Letter to Mahlamba Ndlopfu: The Trump Chronicles — common sense flies out the window

| Apr 2025
Daily Maverick
​In his so-called “Liberation speech”, President Trump imposed a 10% tariff on imports from uninhabited territories, including Australia’s Heard and McDonald islands — remote outposts with no permanent human habitation, populated mainly by penguins and seals. Trump’s actions reflect a romantic crusade against imaginary trade villains, fully aligned with his “Make America Great Again” (Maga) philosophy, which continues to thrive on post-truth narratives.

Opinion | Whiteness and its paradox

| Mar 2025
The Witness
I joined the chorus, standing by my principled view that all South AfriCANs, whites included, must help rebuild this country. After all, I’m a poster child of non-racialism

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