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Aug 23, 2019 · Cape Town’s water crisis got so bad last year that there were competitions to see who could wash their shirts the least. Restaurants and businesses were encouraging people not to flush after going to the toilet. The city was just 90 days away from turning off the taps. A year on, the South African city’s parched dams are now over 80% full.
Aug 31, 2021 · In South Africa, Cape Town was the most congested city in 2017 – precipitated by the failure of the urban rail network maintained and operated by the South African national government. However, the bare bones of the transport offering in Cape Town and the segmented government authority over the transport sector in South Africa made it highly likely that the quality of mobility in Cape Town ...
Mar 14, 2018 · Rating’s agency Moody’s warned on Monday the water crisis affecting Cape Town would cause the city’s borrowing to rise sharply and the provincial economy to shrink the longer the situation lasted. A severe drought afflicting South Africa’s Western Cape province is expected to cut agricultural output by 20 percent in 2018, decimating the ...
Mar 22, 2018 · The lack of accounting for the cost of water in agriculture is not unique to South Africa. It is a global crisis, and Cape Town is not the first red flag. California’s recent water crisis prompted mandatory water restrictions in urban areas, but not for agriculture – even though California farms use 80% of the state’s surface water ...
Nov 7, 2019 · Cape Town - Beneath a bridge in the Cape Town suburb of Woodstock, a strung-together network of blankets serves as a refuge for a group of women fighting stigma on many fronts. SistaazHood, a group of about 40 transgender women, most of them homeless and sex workers, has become a growing voice on issues such as transgender homeless shelters, the legalisation of sex work and better access to ...
Oct 19, 2016 · Here's a glimpse at the world's five biggest slums: Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa. Population: 400,000. According to the 2011 Census, the townships of Khayelitsha are home to nearly 400,000 residents, 99% of them black. Activists, however, believe that the population is at least three times bigger and according to a 2012 inquiry into ...
Apr 13, 2018 · The Greater Cape Town Water Fund, established by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in cooperation with partners in the NGO sector and the business community, is working with landowners to remove these invasive species and to restore and protect wetlands and riparian areas that are important for water recharge and supply. As some towns in the watershed are facing up to 40% unemployment, the work has ...
Feb 9, 2021 · Enter the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Launched on 1 January, the AfCFTA is an exciting game changer. Currently, Africa accounts for just 2% of global trade. And only 17% of African exports are intra-continental, compared with 59% for Asia and 68% for Europe. The potential for transformation across Africa is therefore significant.
Aug 12, 2019 · The event is taking place in Cape Town, South Africa on 4-6 September. Here is our guide to how to follow #af19 on our digital channels. We encourage you to post, share, and retweet by tagging our accounts and by using our official hashtag. Join the conversation: Twitter. The official meeting hashtag is #af19.
Professor, Department of Commercial Law, University of Cape Town Since 1980, labour law practitioner; since 1994, involved in developing and drafting policy documents and legislation on a wide range of regulatory issues; advises and works with a range of organization including International Labour Organization, Department of Labour, the CCMA and NEDLAC.
