The Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) annual meeting was held this month to address pertinent water issues faced by several southern African countries. Water ministers from several of the SADC countries discussed the growing number of challenges that the region is facing and also addressed the need to find innovative methods to ensure the sustainability of the resource.
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