IPS Inter Press Service:The Southern Africa Water Wire Feed Summary
The Africa Water Wire provides in-depth coverage of a diverse range of water-related issues in Southern Africa —from the importance of water to the environment,food security and sanitation,to the politics of water. The articles supplied here are the product of local journalists in touch with policy makers and people on the front lines of water crises,to analyse the problems confronting management of this precious commodity —and the ways around these obstacles
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WEST AFRICA (04.02.2012 16:09h): Water Shortage Threatens Wildlife
The story of a pair of buffalo aggressively prowling the edges of a village in eastern Burkina Faso is a warning sign of severe water stress in the region which threatens humans and wild animals alike. [
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MAURITIUS (27.12.2011 19:59h): Thirsty for Ideas to Address Water Woes
Mauritius plans to privatise its water sector,as rains become rare,and century-old pipes continue to leak almost 50 percent of the water available,added to waste by the population,mismanagement and over-consumption. [
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SWAZILAND (27.12.2011 19:59h): Processing Plant Threatens Water in Capital
A multi-million dollar iron-ore reprocessing plant in the northern part of Swaziland,owned by Indian mining company Salgaocar,is threatening the water security of local communities and even the country's capital city,Mbabane. [
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The Southern Africa Water Wire - INTER PRESS SERVICE (07.12.2011 21:52h): Growing Calls for Water to be Prioritised
Efforts to establish water as an agenda item in its own right in climate change negotiations are gaining momentum in Durban,South Africa. Water experts say doing this will lead to a greater focus on developing policy,and attract more resources into the water sector through adaptation programmes. [
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Water (02.12.2011 04:44h): A Victim of Climate Change
The Southern Africa Development Community wants water to be tabled as a standalone item on climate change negotiations –describing it as too important to leave on the periphery. [
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SOUTH AFRICA (23.11.2011 04:05h): Acid Mine Drainage Water Can Be Put to Use
Toxic water from derelict gold and uranium mines has reportedly destroyed Elize Strydom's dream to be a farmer in her retirement. [
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UGANDA (23.11.2011 04:05h): Single Mothers Left Behind in Flooded Swampland
Life in Bwaise –a slum on the outskirts of the capital of Uganda –has never been easy. But increasingly erratic rains over the last three years have brought constant floods to the former swampland. Residents who can afford to are moving out,leaving the poorest –often single mothers and grandmothers –behind. [
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CLIMATE CHANGE (16.11.2011 00:23h): A Threat to Food Security in Africa's River Basins
While Africa has successfully avoided conflict over shared water courses,it will need greater diplomacy to keep the peace as new research warns that climate change will have an effect on food productivity. [
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The Southern Africa Water Wire - INTER PRESS SERVICE (16.11.2011 00:23h): World's Biggest Hydropower Scheme Will Leave Africans in the Dark
South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed an agreement to build a major hydroelectric power project,which is said to bring electricity to more than half of the continent's 900 million people. But economic analysts warn that foreign investors will prevent the grid from benefiting the general public. [
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MALAWI (16.11.2011 00:23h): Water Promises Light for Isolated Community
In just a few weeks,seven villages that had expected to remain "in the dark forever"will finally have electricity,courtesy of a small hydroelectric power plant on Lichenya River,one of the major rivers on the eastern slopes of Mulanje Mountain in southern Malawi. [
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SOUTH AFRICA (05.11.2011 20:57h): Saving Water,Money and Improving Livelihoods
For many months now,a hosepipe connected to a leaking cistern in Isaac Mooi's outside toilet daily pours an estimated 100 litres of wasted water into the aged sewer system of the Emfuleni Municipality,in Vanderbijlpark,south of Johannesburg. [
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DR CONGO (23.09.2011 17:00h): No Water,No Management,No Power
Frequent power cuts have led to the firing of the board of the Democratic Republic of Congo's national electricity company. But it is not clear if sub-par generation from the Inga hydroelectric power stations supplying the capital Kinshasa is due to poor management or to unusually low water levels in the Congo River. [
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The Southern Africa Water Wire - INTER PRESS SERVICE (26.08.2011 13:14h): Mega Cities Could Trigger Water Shortages and Social Unrest
The rapid growth of urban population - described as one of the world's major demographic trends - has triggered an explosion of "mega cities"in Asia,Latin America and Africa,causing a breakdown in basic services,including water supplies and sanitation facilities. [
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The Southern Africa Water Wire - INTER PRESS SERVICE (26.08.2011 13:14h): Too Much Water As Dangerous As Too Little
The international community is running the risk of losing the battle for water and sanitation in many cities around the world. [
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Q&A (26.08.2011 13:14h): Water Will Be Lifeblood of Smart Urban Expansion
The world's water map is being significantly redrawn due primarily to the mass migration of people into urban centres,threatening one of life's vital resources. [
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The Southern Africa Water Wire - INTER PRESS SERVICE (26.08.2011 13:14h): Water as Basic Human Right Has a Market Price,Says U.N. Chief
As the 193-member General Assembly commemorates the first anniversary of its landmark resolution pronouncing water and sanitation to be a basic human right,Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon triggered a political controversy last week when he implicitly declared that even human rights have a market price. [
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MALAWI (19.08.2011 19:08h): Hospitals Struggle Amid Water Shortage
Two battered plastic chairs bar entry to the toilets at the Bangwe Township Clinic in Blantyre. The toilets are not working because there is no running water –yet again. And if patients want to use the facilities they will have to run to the next- door primary school,which has pit latrines. [
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NAMIBIA (17.08.2011 02:35h): No Option but to Adapt to a Changing Climate
Extreme weather conditions predicted because of climate change in Namibia are likely to have a tremendous effect on the 70 percent of the country's people who live in rural areas and depend heavily on agriculture. [
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MALAWI (04.08.2011 22:47h): Water Drives Integrated Agriculture on Small Farm
When the original owners of a 3.5 hectare piece of land put it up for sale because it was too waterlogged to farm on,Diana Sitima and her husband,Wilson,jumped to buy it. [
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SWAZILAND (28.07.2011 10:58h): Irrigation Waters the Hopes of a New Village
A transboundary water project is reinforcing the fight against food insecurity and poverty along the Komati River which flows through South Africa,Swaziland and Mozambique. [
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HEALTH-AFRICA (23.07.2011 20:04h): Improving Sanitation,Still a Long Way to Go
When Callixte Munyabikari,a potato farmer from Gakenke in northern Rwanda,was rushed to a regional hospital after he fell ill with diarrhoea,he thought it was just a bad case of food poisoning. [
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MALAWI (20.07.2011 20:12h): Women Get Dirty to Stop Water Scarcity
Ethel James cannot wait for the gravity-fed water scheme in her area to be fixed so that she and the other women in her village will no longer have to wake up before dawn everyday to queue for water. [
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ZIMBABWE (18.07.2011 20:11h): Mending the City's Water Leaks
Thomas Njini is used to working with burst sewers and water pipes. It is a daily experience for him to respond to calls where he has to shovel human waste to clear blocked sewers. It is a job he continues to do with unenviable dedication in this city of two million people. [
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SOUTHERN AFRICA (13.07.2011 13:47h): Majority Still Lack Access to Safe Water
Only two in every five people in the Southern African Development Community has access to safe water for drinking and household use. Three quarters of those lacking access,live in rural areas and the majority of these are women and children. [
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SOUTH AFRICA (06.07.2011 17:25h): Scientists Find Green Method to Purify Toxic Water
South African scientists have developed an environmentally friendly method to clean highly toxic water and convert it into drinkable water. Once available commercially,the method could drastically reduce the negative impact industry has on water pollution worldwide. [
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