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No Lights, No Water: South Africans Fume At Cascading Crisis
February 7th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report on South Africa’s cascading water/energy crisis: Already struggling without electricity for hours a day, many South Africans are now having to do also without water, as power outages batter the supply system. A power failure at a pump station feeding reservoirs and water towers caused taps to run dry in […]
Read more »South Africa: Dam in Nelson Mandela Bay Is At Its Lowest Level Ever
January 18th, 2023
Via GroundUp, a report on two (2) key dams in South Africa that are only at a combined 15% water level: Impofu Dam at 7% and Churchill Dam may run dry by April Last week, the combined dam levels in the Nelson Mandela Bay region dropped to an alarming 15%, of which only 9% is […]
Read more »Hydropolitics vs. Human Security: South Africa’s Appropriation of Lesotho’s Highlands Water
October 16th, 2022
Via Daedalus, an academic paper on the hydropolitics that cause the environmental threats related to South Africa’s appropriation of Lesotho’s water to be overlooked: The Lesotho Highlands Water Project, which exports water to South Africa, has enhanced the unequal structural relationship that exists between both states. Lesotho, one of the few countries in the world […]
Read more »Protests Over Water Shortages Shut Longest South African Highway
September 27th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, a report of water related protests in South Africa: Part of South Africa’s longest highway, which runs from Cape Town to Zimbabwe, was shut on Monday by protesters who were demonstrating over water shortages. The N1 highway was closed at Ventersburg, a town that’s about 240 kilometers (149 miles) south of Johannesburg, the […]
Read more »Forgotten Droughts: Five Regions That Could Soon Face Conflict Over Water
September 14th, 2022
Via EuroNews, a look at five regions of the world which could soon face conflict over water: Millions of people in ‘neglected’ regions could soon face violent conflict over water, according to an early warning tool developed by the Water Peace and Security partnership. News cameras turned to Europe this summer as the continent sweltered through […]
Read more »South African Towns Cut Water Supply After Years Of Drought
June 17th, 2022
Via Terra Daily, an article on a recent decision by some South African towns to cut water supply after years of drought: A South African municipality on Monday imposed six-hour daily water outages, as reservoirs risk “Day Zero” when they run dry after years of droughts. Kouga, a southern municipality of six towns and 120,000 […]
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