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Poor sanitation accounts for 52% of the total disease burden in Malawi, with diarrhoea alone accounting for 7% of deaths in children under the age of five, latest statistics from ... Read more »
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As the water crisis intensifies in Nelson Mandela Bay in the province of the Eastern Cape, people queued for hours to fill containers from Jojo tanks filled by municipal tankers, ... Read more »
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Landfill sites pose a variety of risks to humans and the environment, as well as the possibility of releasing toxic leachate or fluids into our groundwater. But turning rotting ... Read more »
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Half of wastewater treatment works in South Africa fail to treat sewage properly and in many cases fail to treat it at all, writes Steve Kretzmann for Ground Read more »
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Over the last several years, major cities such as Cape Town, Sao Paulo and Barcelona have faced 'Day Zero' scenarios, characterised by the very real possibility o Read more »
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Nigeria's coastal areas are known to face environmental hazards and risks. Oil exploration and exploitation are but some of the sources of these hazards. Oil spillage, gas ... Read more »
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Tanzania's Minister for Finance and Planning Mwigulu Nchemba, has said that the government has signed a loan agreement of U.S.$125.2 million with the African Development Bank ... Read more »
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Residents of Nelson Mandela Bay say the municipality continues to ignore their demand for help with the area's severe water crisis, Joseph Chirume of GroundUp Read more »
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Government has warned of a decline in water levels as the winter season sets in. The Department of Water and Sanitation reiterated its call to residents to continue using wat Read more »
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The first detailed report on the state of wastewater treatment in South Africa in nine years was released recently. It paints a dismal picture, Read more »
