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South Africa: Cape Town's Drought - the Lessons of the Lessons Unlearnt
Daily Maverick, 13 March 2018
Failure to act on the connections between South Africa's droughts and climate change is a tragedy of unlearnt lessons. By JEFF RUDIN. Read more »
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South Africa: Drought Declared a National Disaster
News24Wire, 13 March 2018
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Zweli Mkhize has declared the prevailing water crisis affecting multiple provinces a national state of disaster. Read more »
Cape Town Taps Could Still Run Dry - Experts
Confusion has followed the announcement by the Western Cape province's governing Democratic Alliance that Day Zero will not be reached this year, causing many to think that the water crisis is being used as a political football.
InFocus
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The annual rainfall in southern Africa doesn't seem to have changed much over the last century since measurements began. But it has become more variable: droughts and floods are ... Read more »
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As some Capetonians stockpile water amid the city's worst drought in a century, a joint meeting between various stakeholders including the ministers of agriculture, forestry and ... Read more »
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Cape Town residents who failed to comply with the recently introduced level 6B water restrictions have been issued U.S.$333 in fines, law enforcement officials said. Under the new ... Read more »
