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AfriGIS's Helen Hulett tells TechCentral about the Resolve Water project and how she and her team are working to try to ...
This essay explores the relationship between water supply and health in urban Africa through the lens of water scarcity and health as political ... McKinley, “The Struggle against Water Privatisation ...
The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, led this year’s commemoration of Desertification and ...
South African homes can get integrated water backup systems from around R5,000 to protect themselves against what could become the country’s next major infrastructure crisis. In March 2025, the South ...
There are several other water scarcity hotspots countrywide, making this a national concern, not only in terms of economics but also the potential for conflict. South Africa’s societal and security ...
South Africa will host the Africa Water Investment Summit. It will be a critical platform to drive the kind of strategic investment and multi-sector collaboration that our continent needs.
I’ve examined the roots of “invented” water scarcity in South Africa. Invented water scarcity refers to scarcity resulting from human actions, policies or practices – not natural factors.
The Department of Water and Sanitation reaffirmed its dedication to ensuring that rural communities are not left behind in ...
Using data from South Africa’s GNSS-Trignet base stations ... followed periods of reduced water mass. This showed that water scarcity has a visible, measurable effect on the very shape of ...
South Africa is not just heating up; it's also rising due to climate change. Discover how recent droughts have connected land uplift and water scarcity in a groundbreaking study: ...