South Africa’s real water crisis: not understanding what's needed: cropped water A serious multi-year drought in parts of South Africa’s Northern and Eastern Cape provinces has seen a number of small towns threatened by total water supply failures and livestock farmers facing financial ruin. In other parts of the country, heatwave conditions and the late onset of rains have … [Read more...] about South Africa’s real water crisis: not understanding what’s needed | The Conversation
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How failing power utility is fuelling South Africa’s economic crisis | The Conversation
How failing power utility is fuelling South Africa's economic crisis: A main street of a poor neighbourhood in Cape Town during recent power cuts. EPA/Nic BothmaSouth Africa’s state power utility Eskom is the biggest challenge facing the country. Mess up Eskom, and you mess up the country. And it looks as though key players are doing just that. The past two weeks will be … [Read more...] about How failing power utility is fuelling South Africa’s economic crisis | The Conversation
Why Cameroon must move beyond dialogue to solve its Anglophone crisis | The Conversation
Why Cameroon must move beyond dialogue to solve its Anglophone crisis: Cameroonian nationals in Geneva protesting against the presence of President Paul Biya. Martial Trezzini/EPA-EFEPresident Paul Biya convened a national dialogue last month to address the conflict between his government and the people in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions in the North West and South … [Read more...] about Why Cameroon must move beyond dialogue to solve its Anglophone crisis | The Conversation
Economic chaos is causing a food security and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe | The Conversation
Economic chaos is causing a food security and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's food insecurity is more complex than the headline figures suggest. ShutterstockSince Zimbabwe’s land reform of 2000 – when around 8 million hectares of formerly large-scale commercial farmland was distributed to about 175,000 households – debates about the consequences for food … [Read more...] about Economic chaos is causing a food security and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe | The Conversation
South Africa: a new narrative could tackle anti-migrant crisis | The Conversation
South Africa: a new narrative could tackle anti-migrant crisis: Firefighters outside a burning building after violence and looting against foreign nationals in Pretoria, South Africa in 2019. EPA-EFE/Yeshiel PanchiaAfrican migrants have once again been targeted for looting, violence and displacement in South Africa. Not only are the events reminiscent of 2008, 2015 and 2017: … [Read more...] about South Africa: a new narrative could tackle anti-migrant crisis | The Conversation
