South Africans flush toilets with drinkable water: study in Cape Town looked at using seawater instead
A new Water Research Commission study has found that Cape Town residents may be willing to shift to flushing their toilets ...
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For wandering elephants, path of least resistance could help map out safe corridors
By Ryan Truscott A new study reveals how African elephants plan their elaborate journeys: they strategically choose the least ...
NWRIA: South Africa's new state-owned enterprise to combat national water crisis by 2026
President Ramaphosa has established the National Water Resource Infrastructure Agency (NWRIA) to combat South Africa's severe ...
Scientists hope hungry weevils from Louisiana can tackle South Africa’s invasive water plants
South Africa is unleashing weevils imported from the United States in a bid to fight off the sprouting growth of Salvinia ...
Vodacom launches smart metering system to tackle water crisis
Vodacom Business has partnered with Mezzanine to launch the Digital Water Tower platform, which uses demand management ...
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World Water Day 2025: Preserving Africa’s water resources
World Water Day highlights the pressing challenges surrounding global water resources and the actions needed to address them.
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Where fog is helping against water shortages
Sitting on the fringes of the Moroccan desert, the mountainous region of Ait Baamrane receives little rainfall. But what it does get in abundance, and for six months of the year, is dense fog sweeping ...
South Africa’s unsafe water supplies: licensing service providers won’t solve the issue
South Africa’s government has a new plan to license water providers and revoke the licences if they don’t deliver clean, ...
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From floods, heatwaves and water crises: The urgent need for climate resilience in African cities
But a recent report by the charity WaterAid and experts from Cardiff University in the UK has brought to light a less talked about issue: the vulnerability of African cities to climate change. The ...
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Water Minister charges African countries to galvanize devt with water resources
ABUJA- THE Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engr Joseph Utsev, Tuesday, charged African countries to use water and sanitation to galvanize socio-economic development. Utsev made the ...
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U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts Hit Sudanese Refugees Fleeing Violence and Famine in Darfur
Daniel Vergara for The New York Times By Alex Pena U.S. foreign aid cuts impacting Sudanese refugees in Chad have reduced already razor-thin margins for lifesaving resources like food and water ...