June 20, 2018 Voice of America Relief Web Darren Taylor Originally Posted May, 2018 CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — While the South African city of Cape Town drew international attention when it […]
A building El Niño in 2018 signals more extreme weather for 2019
May 22, 2018 By Eric Holthaus In case you couldn’t get enough extreme weather, the next 12 months or so could bring even more scorching temps, punishing droughts, and unstoppable wildfires. It’s still […]
#WaterCrisis: 1990 article shows Day Zero plans should’ve began years ago
Cape Town – Cape Town authorities should have begun implementing water augmentation schemes in 2012 or earlier, the Water Research Commission (WRC) said.If this had been done, there would be no talk […]
El Nino may see Maputo facing Cape-style water crisis
Mozambique’s capital Maputo could follow Cape Town’s water crisis with the El Nino phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean which is responsible for the current drought in southern Africa effecting Mozambique this […]
Day Zero on the back of drought in Southern Africa: Lessons for the future
Dhesigen Naidoo Cape Town has become the latest poster child of drought in the Southern African region. The dramatic declaration of Day Zero—the date on which the taps are turned off—has caught the […]
Study finds human influence in the Amazon’s third 1-in-100 year drought since 2005
Thursday, August 3, 2017 John Abraham Deforestation and climate change appear to be amplifying droughts in the Amazon If you are like me, you picture the Amazon region as an ever lush, […]
Fight against El Niño effects on course in Zvishavane
June 17, 2017 in National, News BY TAFADZWA UFUMELI ONE of Africa’s most eminent statesmen, the late Nelson Mandela, once said education was the only tool that could change the world. But […]