A 2019 precedent setting high court ruling compelled municipalities to provide farm dwellers with clean drinking water and provide access to dignified sanitation. However very little has changed for some farm residents.
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Residents in several areas of Limpopo where water shortages have been severe say their villages have been without water for years, and how their communities share water with domestic animals, endangering human health and well-being.
“We must stop taking water for granted,” Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Director-General Dr Qu Dongyu warned at the recent two-day Rome Water Dialogue, the…
IN Mpumalanga, a South African province thriving on coal, Vincent Mathole’s livelihood and that of many others, is in a delicate balance as the country…
IN the face of climate change and its far-reaching impact on agriculture and food security, Njabulo Mbokane, a 28-year-old crop farmer finds herself grappling with…
"Today we harvest part of my plot. My onions sell for a very good price because they are of better quality than what is found on the market."
Experts are warning that overfishing and pollution of the oceans have depleted natural fish stocks alarmingly in South Africa. The result is that in the…
Integrated Regional Observation Carbon-Climate Constraints workshop aims to revolutionise carbon emission observations as 2030 deadline looms writes Mokgadi Mogy Mashako In a pioneering effort to…
Asbestos roofing was erected over millions of township houses across South Africa under the Apartheid government, despite expert findings that the material could cause deadly lung cancers.