City of Cape Town Deputy Mayor Ian Neilson has said that due to a drop in dam levels, Day Zero in Cape Town has been brought forward by nine days. Read more »
The City of Cape Town will introduce tighter water restrictions with a new limit of 50 litres per person per day to make up for the many months of missing the 500 million litre per ... Read more »
There has been several criticisms from civil society organisations and some sections of the public regarding the handling of funds meant for survivors of the disaster but all is ... Read more »
Widow Ahatho Turuga lost 20 of her goats to drought early last year, but the shopkeeper is planning to reinvest in her herd once she has saved enough money, writes Benson Rioba for ... Read more »
"Level 6 water restrictions are here - this means the crisis in the Western Cape has intensified to the point where 'Day Zero' is looking more real by the day. For my allAfrica ... Read more »
"The Sahara is as large as the United States, and there are very few weather stations," he added. "So it's ridiculous to say that this is the first, second, third time it snowed, ... Read more »
Farmers in the Zambezi Region say they are tired of the wait-and-see game and have decided to put plouging on hold. Read more »
With South Sudan's harvest season coming to an end and the dry season fast approaching, Abuk Moukiir is exhausted and hungry, taking longer rests in the shade of a nearby tree ... Read more »
In the south of the island, where many people farm for a living, the rainy season is getting shorter and shorter, they say. Rains that once stretched from October to March now fall ... Read more »
The City of Johannesburg has said that it initiated a multi-organisational approach to address the damage caused by the severe storm, which toppled trees and lifted roofs and ... Read more »
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