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Water shortage in Tanzania

Tanzania is one of 18 African countries that are expected to experience a serious shortage of water by 2025 due to failure to protect water sources. The same situation has rendered a number of African countries unable to meet their water...
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Offenders pay the price in illegal dumping clampdown

On Thursday 17 October 2013, fines totalling R105 700 were issued in a multi-agency, city-wide operation that targeted dumping, environmental crime and other by-law contraventions, according to City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Safety...

Al Gore calls for more focus on African food shortages

The ‘24 Hours of Reality: The Cost of Carbon’ presentation, streamed live to South Africa this week, highlighted the risk of South Africa and Africa’s food supply becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate change and to be addressed by governments...