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South Africa: In Parched South Africa, Water-Storing Football Fields Give Drought the Boot
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 1 May 2019
When a football field that stores and filters rainwater was installed at a school in South Africa, teachers noticed that the health and class attendance of pupils improved Read more »
Water-Storing Football Fields Give Drought the Boot
Sibusiso Mohlapi, a math and science teacher at Boshoek Primary School in South Africa's North West province, often had empty seats in his classroom when children stayed home sick with diarrhea, headaches and stomach cramps, until the introduction of a football field that stores and filters rainwater at the school in 2015, writes Kim Harrisberg for Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Children fill up their bottles of water from a GreenSource tap in South Africa on 22 April 2019.
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South Africa: Frequently Asked Questions About Water in South Africa
Africa Check, 1 May 2019
Who has access to water? How has access changed since 1994? Are South Africans satisfied with their water services? We answer three frequently asked questions about water in South… Read more »
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South Africa: Water and Sanitation Restores Water Supply to Polokwane After Protesting Community Activities
Govt of SA, 30 April 2019
Water supply is restored to Polokwane after members of a protesting community locked the gates of Olifantspoort Water Treatment Plant Read more »
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Three-year-old Omari Monono died after falling into a pit toilet while playing at his aunt's house, Limpopo police say. His death follows that of five-year-old Michael Komape, who ... Read more »
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South African water utility Rand Water has said that effects of microplastics - bits of plastic less than 5mms in size - in rivers in Gauteng and in borehole water in the North ... Read more »
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South Africa's Standing Committee on Public Accounts has said that it refuses to be frustrated by the lack of responses from the Department of Water and Sanitation regarding ... Read more »
