Drought
NMB Metro says water projects on track
The metro has seen one of the worst droughts since 2015 and last year the taps were close to running dry.
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NMB residents urged to use water sparingly
In September 2020, the municipality reported that it had experienced day zero, when taps were running dry and dam levels dipped below 19%.
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Global population hit by extreme drought set to double
Globally, one in 12 people could face severe water shortages every year by 2100, compared to an average of about one in 33 at the end of the 20th century.
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With hot summer looming, DWS urges South Africans to use water sparingly
The call comes amid rising temperature's leading to higher water usage across the country.
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Beaufort West still in grips of worst drought ever
Beaufort West mayor Noel Constable said the municipality is urging residents to use water sparingly as they are doing everything to keep the taps from running dry.
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YONELA DIKO: The creeping disaster - how to prepare for country's droughts
Drought is a natural phenomenon. But there's a lot more we can do as government and people to mitigate against the effects of it, writes Yonela Diko.
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700 residents have 1 litre of water per day in Eastern Cape village
“We are pleading with anyone who can assist us … before we all die.”
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SA farmers rap repeal of state of disaster for drought
The El Nino-induced drought that hit southern Africa in 2015 scorched grazing lands and hit crop output.
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Zimbabwe's drought-hit Bulawayo limits tap water to just a day a week
The city council said it was decommissioning a third dam on Friday after reservoir levels fell to 6% of capacity.
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Sisulu: Rural, drought-hit areas to be supplied with water to wash hands
Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Lindiwe Sisulu said many South Africans had criticised continued messages about the importance of washing hands with water, asking where they would get the water to do this.
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WC dams at best levels in four years
However, the Water Department said that there were still high-risk municipalities like Beaufort West, Prince Albert, Laingsburg, Kannaland and Mossel Bay.
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Plan in place to deal with future droughts, says City of Cape Town
The City of Cape Town's Michael Webster said that the drought was a wake-up call during which many lessons were learnt and a water strategy was developed.
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Girl's drowning sparks water riot in QwaQwa
Musa’s death last month further enflamed the mood among residents of Mandela Park township on the edge of QwaQwa in South Africa, turning intermittent protests over water shortages into a full-blown, week-long riot.
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Zimbabwe says grain stocks running out after drought
The grain reserve has capacity to hold 500,000 tonnes but it has been run down after a poor harvest. Zimbabwe consumes 80,000 tonnes of maize every month.
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Drought, tough economy hurt SA wine sales
Wine sales in South Africa dropped by around 10 million bottles last year.
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In Zimbabwe, a backyard hydroponic farm beats drought to grow veg
In hydroponic farming, water is conserved because it is reused multiple times. Hydroponically grown plants also require no pesticides because there are no soil-borne diseases.
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Beaufort West doing all it can to prevent taps running dry - mayor
Mayor Noel Constable said that the town has always had water issues but in recent years, the situation had worsened to levels never seen before.
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Record 45m people need urgent food aid in southern Africa : UN
'This hunger crisis is on a scale we’ve not seen before and the evidence shows it’s going to get worse,' World Food Programme (WFP) regional director Lola Castro said in a statement.
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Drought-stricken Northern Cape declared a disaster area
The dire situation in the province was noted in May last year in an early warning report after late summer rains did not fall as expected and temperatures soared.
