Giant rats as big as cats have killed and eaten two babies in separate attacks in South Africa's run-down townships on the same day last week, according to Mail Online, a UK based media.

Giant rats as big as cats have killed and eaten two babies in separate attacks in South Africa's squalid townships this week. Lunathi Dwadwa, three, was killed as she slept in her parent's shack ...

Alexandra is one of the most impoverished areas in South Africa. Poor infrastructure, leaking sewers, and chronic over-crowding make it a perfect breeding ground for rats. The local council has ...

Authorities in Alexandria township in South Africa have come up with a novel idea to cope with an overpopulation of rats in the area – award residents with a free mobile phone for every sixty ...

One Du Noon resident said a rat had even chewed through his refrigerator and devoured the food inside. South Africa: Rats in the Kitchen Plague Du Noon Residents - allAfrica.com AllAfrica ...

South Africa: Rats Are Bad Enough, But Wait Till They Start Dying. ... In fact, township cats have had to confine themselves to hunting birds and eating whatever leftovers they get from their owners.

He can be certain only that the rats which crawled into his tin shack and bit his baby will be back when it rains. Skip to main content Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial market ...

Six children who died in a South African township earlier this month had ingested a chemical compound used in pesticides, the country's health minister said on Monday, in a case that has prompted ...

South Africa, with a population of about 60 million, averaged 68 murders a day in the second quarter of 2023, an increase of nearly 20% on the same period in 2019. More Africa Stories ...

The City of Johannesburg said it has released barn owls in the city’s Alexandra township to curb a rat infestation as a one-month old baby was reported to have lost three fingers to the rodents ...

JOHANNESBURG — Six children who died in a South African township earlier this month had ingested a chemical compound used in pesticides, the country’s health minister said on Monday, in a case ...