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Zimbabwe rages war against poaching

Zimbabwean Environment and Climate Minister Saviour Kasukuwere spent the day at Hwange National Park, the country’s largest reserve. At least 69 elephants died there after poachers poisoned the wells. The government has vowed to step up the...
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Municipality to tackle water loss

The eThekwini Municipality will deploy all available resources in an attempt to reduce the escalating rate of water loss in the City, according to an announcement by the Municipality’s Communications Unit on the 18 September. According to the...

Minister Molewa defends Cuban agreement

The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, has come out strongly in defence of the bilateral agreement signed with Cuba on Monday 9 September 2013, in a recent statement to the public in which she says she would like to clarify...
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Duduza water is safe to drink: Ekurhuleni

The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) has a released a statement assuring residents of Duduza that the water is safe to drink. “There is no truth to the malicious rumour that surfaced last week alleging that the drinking water in Duduza...
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Groundwater takes centre stage

While the annually utilizable groundwater resources in South Africa are in the same order of magnitude as the surface water sources – 7 000 to 10 000 million m³/a – at this point only 20% of this volume is used. “This figure presents a large unused...

Solution to Africa’s water shortage?

A remote region of Kenya that suffers from frequent droughts may soon be flush with water after the discovery of huge underground aquifers. Of Kenya’s 41 million people, 17 million lack access to safe water, and 28 million do not have...