South Africa: Protect Cape Flats Aquifer, Says Campaigner

The Cape Flats, usually associated with gangs and apartheid-era people dumping, has a secret weapon against drought - an aquifer in Philippi that has been watering the city's vegetables for more than 200 years.

But if developers eventually have their way and build middle-income houses on the beachy terrain, the underground treasure will be lost forever, with catastrophic consequences for the metropole's future supplies of fresh food.

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