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South Africa: Panic Over Water in Country's Economic Hub Is Misplaced
The Conversation Africa, 27 October 2019
It has been a hot, dry October in much of the interior of South Africa. And the rains have started later than usual. So it was not surprising that alarm bells went off when it was… Read more »
Panic Over Water in South Africa's Economic Hub Misplaced?
Appeals made by local authorities in Gauteng for residents to use water sparingly have sparked fear following a heat wave and an announcement that the Lesotho Highlands Water Project tunnel system - which supplies water to some of South Africa's biggest cities - would be closed for maintenance for two months, writes Mike Muller for The Conversation.
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As a water shortage ravages Barberton, Mpumalanga and water consumption rates in Cape Town exceed daily targets, officials have assured that Day Zero is not on the horizon for ... Read more »
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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 ... 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 »
