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The tunnel bringing millions of litres of water from dams in Lesotho to South Africa is to undergo a six-month repair. This could leave residents of Gauteng in South Africa short of water.
The Vaal River, which serves more than 11 million people, is considerably polluted with microplastics.
Gauteng citizens need to know the uncomfortable truth: for the next six years, their water supplies will increasingly have to be restricted.
South Africa needs a way to incorporate active citizens within the prevailing constitutional and legal structures, so as to strengthen all levels of government.
South Africa’s Department of Water and Sanitation has plans in place to ensure adequate water supply until 2040 and beyond.
Harmful pesticides have been found in the widely consumed sharptooth catfish found in a river that runs through Johannesburg.
South Africa’s local governments lack a clear separation of legislative and executive powers.
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