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Amid Political Quarrels over Cape Town Crisis, Engineers Prepare Dams for Day Zero
Squabbles between South Africa’s politicians over who is to blame for Cape Town’s water emergency reached such a pitch in recent weeks that leaders, in an attempt to soften the debate, invoked the country’s icon of peace and resolve.
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Cape Town Outlines Plans for Emergency Water Distribution
Residents will be allowed 25 liters (6.6 gallons) per person per day at 200 collection points.
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Cape Town’s “Day Zero” Approaches
Local authorities estimate that taps will be turned off by April 29, 2018.
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Cape Town Rations Water Before Reservoirs Hit Zero
No end to water crisis in South Africa’s second largest city.
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To Avoid Drought Calamity, Cape Town Restricts Water Use
Reservoirs supplying city of 4 million are nearing bottom during…
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El Nino Is Over But the Damage Continues
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More than 60 million people face hunger, malnutrition.
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Without Water, South Africa Anticipates A Mammoth Crop Failure
Climate-related consequences are raising food prices, joblessness,…
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Durban Water and Sanitation For Poor Sets Global Standard
South African city's water experimentation and innovation serves…
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South Africa Crocodile Farm, Hurt By Drought, Is Where Gucci Bags Start
Metcroc farm is full of slow moving product that doesn't bite....hard.
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South Africa Drought Draws A Frustrated Nation Together
In rare instance of unity, people eye government's blunders,…
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Drought Pushes South Africa To Water, Energy, and Food Reckoning
Cities run dry and harvests retreat in an already reeling nation.
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