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Thirsty extraction: How mining’s relentless demand for water is devastating local communities
How mining’s relentless demand for water is devastating local communities -Newsday Zimbabwe THE chilly wind whips across the ...
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Meadowlands four-day blackouts compounded by 12-hour water throttling
Johannesburg Water has introduced daily 12-hour water throttling in Meadowlands while Eskom struggles to restore power.
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Frustrations on boiling point in Soweto as Eskom struggles with escalating power outages
Eskom has failed to restore power in large parts of Soweto, with outages now stretching into a fourth day in some areas and no clear timeline for resolution.
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Drought is draining water supplies and driving up food costs where you’d least expect
From Mexico City to the Mekong Delta, increasingly severe droughts caused by climate change are laying waste to ecosystems ...
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Mayor, bomb squad go AWOL as hundreds of thousands of Joburg households go without water – again
In the radio silence from authorities, Johannesburg’s active citizens stepped into the crisis. WhatsApp groups with reach across all communities pinned locations and shared information on where to ...