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South Africa and Kenya have some valuable lessons for other African countries on how to finance urban infrastructure development.
Tik users’ teeth are often damaged by their habit.
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Extensive decay and gum disease are overlooked and under-researched effects of crystal methamphetamine.
One of Cape Town’s infamous “unfinished highways”.
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Various attempts have been made to complete Cape Town’s Foreshore Freeway scheme. A new approach is needed.
Cape Town narrowly avoided “Day Zero,” but that doesn’t mean the city is resilient to future water shortages.
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Cape Town faced down “Day Zero” earlier this year, but that doesn’t mean its water system is resilient. Other cities should also take note.
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Bangalore’s forgotten water wells are being revived, to help the city overcome centuries-old supply issues.
CCTV cameras are becoming a “normal” feature of public life, tracking peoples’ movements as a matter of course.
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As CCTV cameras become more widespread, it’s becoming more difficult for people to protect their locational privacy in public.
Protesters occupy a national highway in the Western Cape.
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Governing parties and officials need to take note of the frustration being expressed by ordinary South Africans.
South African opposition party leader, Mmusi Maimane, addressing the media. A viable media helps promote political accountability.
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The sustainability of the news media is a precondition for good journalism in the public interest. Thus, economic questions should form part of discussions of press freedom.
A massive wildfire on the Garden Route fuelled by invasive alien trees.
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Invasive alien species that costs South Africa’s economy billions can be eliminated.
The value of abalone increased as it moves from traffickers and later to overseas wholesalers.
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Abalone poaching in Cape Town succeeds because there is a motivated offender, a suitable target and a lack of security.
The Berg River Dam on 7 March 2018 about 48% full.
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The drought in Cape Town has taught the city some valuable lessons.
A fisherman at work in the White Nile. Half the river’s flow is lost to evaporation from the Sudd swamps, a large wetland.
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Nature based approaches to solving water problems originated in Europe and don’t take into account Africa’s huge infrastructure deficit.
People in the township of Khayelitsha near Cape Town have been managing water shortages for ages.
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South Africa is a water-scarce country where inequity and a lack of fairness and justice pervades water distribution.
The dangerously low Threewaterskloof dam, a major supplier of water to the city.
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Cape Town is testing new strategies to nudge domestic users into reducing their water use.
Lagoons and vineyards from Gydo Pass in the Western Cape. Water is crucial for such commodities.
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In periods of water stress, farmers need support, research assistance and empathy from governments and competing water users.
If Cape Town reaches Day Zero, taps will be closed and people will have to go to collection points for 25 litres of water.
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Day Zero will be the start of active water rationing when taps will be cut off and people will have to go to collection sites.
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The poor management of South Africa’s water is affecting the entire country.
Water treatment plants can’t afford not to think about electricity too.
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Cities all over the world are facing growing challenges to provide clean, reliable water. And many of the fixes, such as desalination plants, have a huge carbon footprint.
Cape Town has started down the road of desalination.
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Global examples show South Africa that desalination could increase water output.
Mmusi Maimane is leading efforts to combat the water crisis.
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Opposition leader Mmusi Maimane’s takeover of responsibility for tackling the Western Cape water crisis blurs party and state lines.