Experts have been saying for years that the next world war would be fought over water. What they didn’t say is that it would start in South Africa. “You know things are pretty dire when the country’s biggest water authority has to launch a...
Durban’s heavy rains have not gone far in providing relief to the drought-stricken province. Heavy downpours swept over much of the country in the past few days. Rain was so severe in KwaZulu-Natal that parts of Durban have experienced flooding and...
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has released new data on South Africa’s water and risk-related areas. Over the past several months, South Africa has been hit with the effects of its worst drought since 1992. The result is movement in the private...
Water and sanitation will remain one of the key development challenges facing African communities and nations, with direct impacts on economic growth. This was the warning from the African Development Bank (AfDB) at the 6th Africa Water Week (AWW6)...
