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SWAZILAND: More Boreholes, No Water
By Mantoe Phakathi
MBABANE - In the drought-stricken area of Siteki, Tibuyile Maziya has been trying to fill up her four 20-litre buckets with water at a community for the last four hours. With a baby on her back and two more buckets to fill up, 19-year-old Maziya says she walks to this well at least three times a week to get water for her family of 15.
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AFRICA: Lost in the Tracking of Budgets
By Charles Mpaka
BLANTYRE - As Susan Muonanji and other vendors scrambled around one of the many transport busses to sell cabbages and tomatoes at a market along one of Malawi’s key roads, a national budget session had just started in parliament some 100 kilometres away in the capital city, Lilongwe.
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MOZAMBIQUE: Watching the Water Flow Away
By Zenaida Machado
MAPUTO - Less than 100 kilometres from the second-largest dam in Africa, women walk with their babies strapped on their back, water pails balanced on their heads.
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AGRICULTURE-ZIMBABWE: "The Rule of Law Just Isn’t There"
By Stanley Kwenda
HARARE - Agriculture used to be Zimbabwe’s economic mainstay but it has been on the decline since 2000 when the ZANU-PF government embarked on a so-called land reform programme that resulted in about 4,000 productive white farmers losing their farms, many to members of the politically connected elite.
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RIGHTS: Police Force HIV Tests for Sex Workers
By Charles Mpaka
LILONGWE - It was, Malawian police say, a routine sweep for criminals at one of the country’s busiest border posts. They were looking for criminals.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lack of Clean Groundwater a Health Threat
By Ignatius Banda
BULAWAYO - As the rainy season approaches, and sewage from pit latrines seep further into the Zimbabwe's groundwater, Irene Ngubeni will be at risk as the country faces another possible cholera outbreak.
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SOUTH AFRICA: We Have Land Rights but No Water Rights - Farmers
By Fidelis Zvomuya
JOHANNESBURG - Thandi Sihadi stands next to a dry tap. As a maize and dairy farmer in one of South Africa’s driest districts, the lack of running water is nothing new to her.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Too Much Water and Not Enough to Drink
By Letuka Mahe
MASERU - Mmankosana Letsoela has been queuing since 5am to collect water. You would think that arriving so early at the bore-hole water pump; she would be the first in line.
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MALAWI: Non-Voters Denied Farm Subsidies
By Claire Ngozo
LILONGWE - Gina Champiti, a widowed mother of eight children aged between three and 12 did not register to vote in the May presidential and parliamentary elections. This is going to cost her her livelihood.
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POLITICS-AFRICA: Zimbabweans Rubbish SADC’s Sanctions Call
By Ignatius Banda
BULAWAYO - The unresolved issues plaguing Zimbabwe’s coalition government are set to drag on after southern African leaders once again failed to call President Robert Mubage to book for reneging on his coalition promises.
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Q&A: Shared Water Resources - Source of Conflict or Cooperation?
Interview with Anthony Turton, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa
PRETORIA - Over the past decade, numerous media and research reports have have anticipated wars over water in Africa. As far back as 1998, the Institute for Security Studies presented a research paper stating that water is "recognized as a fundamental political weapon in the Southern African region. Water will increasingly shape the international relations and security arrangements of Southern Africa."
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