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
The Southern Africa Water Wire (IPS)
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ZIMBABWE (30.07.2010 15:15h): Badly Needed Work Begins on Bulawayo Water System
Dispersing feasting flies and angry residents from a manhole cover spewing sewage from people's homes and into the road: another day in the working life of Njabulo Siziba. It's a dirty, frustrating, thankless job as a civil engineer for Bulawayo city council, but help is at hand for Siziba and the city he serves. [
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The Southern Africa Water Wire - INTER PRESS SERVICE (30.07.2010 15:15h): Upstream States Challenge Egypt Over Nile Waters
A water-sharing treaty among five upstream Nile Basin countries - to the exclusion of Egypt and Sudan - has reignited the longstanding dispute over water distribution. Local experts, however, say the agreement will not jeopardise Egypt's historical share of Nile water. [
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SOUTHERN AFRICA (19.06.2010 22:41h): Developing a Pristine River: The Okavango Basin
The welcome end to wars in the upper reaches of the Okavango River brings new pressures for development and the risk of unwelcome changes to the health of the river. A joint commission to manage the basin is developing tools to avoid this. [
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NAMIBIA (19.06.2010 22:41h): Will Farm Project Mean the River Runs Dry?
A proposed irrigation scheme promises greater food security for Namibia, but should the 10,000 hectare Katondo Farm Project be completed, it could threaten the health of the Okavango River. [
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The Southern Africa Water Wire - INTER PRESS SERVICE (19.06.2010 22:41h): Residents Hope 2010 Flooding Prompts Govt Action in Luanda
The water seeped into Feliciana Teresa Matia's home from beneath its mud floor and when her 20-year-old son Francisco got up to go to work, grabbing a metal pole for guidance in the dark, he was electrocuted. [
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SOUTHERN AFRICA (19.06.2010 22:41h): Some For You, Some For Me: Sharing the Inkomati River
At Ekuvinjelweni village, in South Africa's Mpumalanga Province, the Komati River flows clear and fast through the mountains. [
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The Southern Africa Water Wire - INTER PRESS SERVICE (19.06.2010 22:41h): Savings Spurned in Zimbabwe Water Purification
Zimbabwe spends an estimated 100 million dollars a year importing aluminium sulphate for water treatment plants. But a local entrepreneur has developed a technique to extract the needed compound from kaolin and flint clays abundantly available within the country. [
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SOUTH AFRICA (19.06.2010 22:41h): Children Help to Assess Water Health
Miss, Miss, there are tiny creatures here in the water!" a Grade 7 pupil shouts excitedly, trying to draw attention to his water sample. At first, the liquid looks clear, but upon closer examination, one can make out a tiny aquatic invertebrate. [
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SOUTHERN AFRICA (19.06.2010 22:41h): Sharing the Okavango
Each January, a giant pulse of water from heavy summer rains over the south of Angola enters the Okavango River system and begins a five-month journey through Namibia to a richly biodiverse swamp in Botswana's Kalahari desert. The river is a rarity, scarcely disturbed by human development along its 1,100 kilometre length: shaping its future is the delicate task of the Okavango River Basin Commission. [
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MOZAMBIQUE (19.06.2010 22:41h): Co-existing With Floods
April signals the tail end of the flood season in Mozambique. The country's water managers will soon be able to appraise the effects of changing policies. [
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WATER-LESOTHO (19.06.2010 22:41h): Getting Community Consultation Right
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project will move into its second phase in 2010. The first phase has been praised as a shining example of transboundary water sharing in Africa, but community dissatisfaction may mean a rough ride for its extension. [
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SOUTHERN AFRICA (19.06.2010 22:41h): Benefits of Working Together on Water
The river basin organisation people are gathered in Botswana again: the theme this year is "benefit-sharing", an approach to allocating water that, it is promised, will accomplish nothing less than to make more water. [
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MOZAMBIQUE (19.06.2010 22:41h): Weather Service Key to Flood Disaster Management
Mozambique's government learned some tough lessons from the devastating floods that hit the country a decade ago. Experts say the disaster management plans drawn up since are a model for other African countries. [
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WATER-ZAMBIA (19.06.2010 22:41h): Lozi Make Annual Migration to Higher Ground
Josias Akataama spent March watching the moon wane above, and flood waters rise from below. Only with the sighting of the new moon, would the men, women and children of Kandiani know when they could leave the water-logged village for higher ground. [
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NAMIBIA (19.06.2010 22:41h): Banking Water for the Future
In the driest capital city south of the Sahara, water engineers are "banking" ground water to meet future demand, but the enormous costs might sink the project before water can be harvested. [
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ZAMBIA (19.06.2010 22:41h): Health Fears Follow Floods
As the heavy rains subside, signifying the end of the rainy season, a cholera outbreak is sweeping through the Zambian capital, Lusaka. [
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WATER (19.06.2010 22:41h): Swazi Village Gets a Self-Sustaining Water Supply
No one loves the bill collector, and Sifiso Shongwe gets a chilly welcome as he goes from household to household collecting money for Maphilingo's community water scheme. [
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SOUTHERN AFRICA (01.06.2010 01:01h): Developing a Pristine River: The Okavango Basin
GABORONE, May 29 (IPS) - The welcome end to wars in the upper reaches of the Okavango River brings new pressures for development and the risk of unwelcome changes to the health of the river. A joint commission to manage the basin is developing tools to avoid this. [
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NAMIBIA (21.05.2010 01:58h): Will Farm Project Mean the River Runs Dry?
WINDHOEK, May 18 (IPS) - A proposed irrigation scheme promises greater food security for Namibia, but should the 10,000 hectare Katondo Farm Project be completed, it could threaten the health of the Okavango River. [
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IPS Inter Press Service The Southern Africa Water Wire (09.05.2010 11:06h): Residents Hope 2010 Flooding Prompts Govt Action in Luanda
LUANDA, May 6 (IPS) - The water seeped into Feliciana Teresa Matia’s home from beneath its mud floor and when her 20-year-old son Francisco got up to go to work, grabbing a metal pole for guidance in the dark, he was electrocuted. [
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SOUTHERN AFRICA (02.05.2010 06:35h): Some For You, Some For Me: Sharing the Inkomati River
MBABANE, Swaziland, Apr 28 (IPS) - At Ekuvinjelweni village, in South Africa's Mpumalanga Province, the Komati River flows clear and fast through the mountains. [
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IPS Inter Press Service The Southern Africa Water Wire (29.04.2010 17:47h): Savings Spurned in Zimbabwe Water Purification
BULAWAYO, Apr 27 (IPS) - Zimbabwe spends an estimated 100 million dollars a year importing aluminium sulphate for water treatment plants. But a local entrepreneur has developed a technique to extract the needed compound from kaolin and flint clays abundantly available within the country. [
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SOUTH AFRICA (29.04.2010 17:47h): Children Help to Assess Water Health
CAPE TOWN, Apr 24 (IPS) - Miss, Miss, there are tiny creatures here in the water!" a Grade 7 pupil shouts excitedly, trying to draw attention to his water sample. At first, the liquid looks clear, but upon closer examination, one can make out a tiny aquatic invertebrate. [
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SOUTHERN AFRICA (27.04.2010 08:18h): Sharing the Okavango
GABORONE, Apr 23 (IPS) - Each January, a giant pulse of water from heavy summer rains over the south of Angola enters the Okavango River system and begins a five-month journey through Namibia to a richly biodiverse swamp in Botswana's Kalahari desert. The river is a rarity, scarcely disturbed by human development along its 1,100 kilometre length: shaping its future is the delicate task of the Okavango River Basin Commission. [
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MOZAMBIQUE (24.04.2010 10:43h): Co-existing With Floods
GABORONE, Apr 22 (IPS) - April signals the tail end of the flood season in Mozambique. The country's water managers will soon be able to appraise the effects of changing policies. [
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