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Burkinabé MP Yacouba Savadogo discute les défis sur la question de l'eau.
La gestion de l'eau est un clé développement, affirme Charles Gangoué
African governments struggle to curb industrial water pollution - Zenzele Ndebele reports.
In Women's words: Health Systems Failing Women
Naseem Ackbarally speaks to Adawoko Williams about community involvement in water issues.
Naseem Ackbarally speaks to Matsepo Makhubela, Strategy and Policy analyst with South African Water Affairs.
Zenzele Ndebele speaks to Richard Heldon, business analyst about water funding in Africa.
African Ministers meet to discuss water challenges in Africa,  Zenzele Ndebele and Naseem Ackburally  report.
Climate Change is already drying up Africa's rivers, bust  Zenzele Ndebele finds out the science is not yet precise.
Zenzele Ndebele speaks to Annabel Waitita, from the Institute of Environment, about women and water resources, during the 2and Africa Water Water Week, in Midrand, South Africa.
Jamillah Mwanjisi - Excutive Secretary of the African Civil Society on Water  (ANEW), Jamillah Mwanjisi tells Naseem Ackburally, that  corruption is still robbing millions of Africans access to water.
Lameck Masina speaks to women in rural parts of Malawi, who tell him how   tap water has improved their lives.
Zenzele Ndebele finds that generating income and maintaining an improved water source go hand in hand in Bulawayo.
Phiri residents won a water rights case against the government. Rejane Claasen investigates
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News in RSSThe Southern Africa Water Wire provides in-depth coverage of a diverse range of water-related issues in Southern Africa, linking water to economic development, social well-being and environmental protection. Local journalists from across the region explore the challenges, failures and successes of managing this vital resource. The Southern Africa Water Wire is commissioned by 'Transboundary Water Management in SADC' programme, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)



We Depend on Those Upstream
Alma Balopi interviews SERGIO BENTO SITOE interim secretary, Limpopo River Basin Commission
When it comes to sharing transboundary waters, downstream countries are no one has as much to lose as downstream countries. Mozambique is at the end of no fewer than nine of Southern Africa's 15 shared river basins.
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Transboundary Water Management Working Well For Botswana
Alma Balopi interviews BOGADI MATHANGWANE
project technical coordinator
International Water Office
Botswana Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources
Botswana is experiencing water stress due to a number of factors such as rapidly increasing population, low and variable rainfall, warmer temperatures leading to higher rates of evaporation, and the continuing high cost of exploiting existing water resources.
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Government Has a Responsibility to Provide Water
Busani Bafana interviews NOMATHEMBA NESENI, executive director, Institute of Water and Sanitation Development
Guaranteeing access to water to all can only be achieved when government and communities work together.
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Involving Communities in Managing Water Resources
Davison Makanga interviews ALLOICE KAPONDA
Basin Water Officer, Ruvuma and Southern Coast Region
Tanzania Ministry of Water
The Ruvuma region in Tanzania was a buffer zone for Mozambican soldiers during the liberation war.
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Southern Africa Must Find Resources to Back the Policy
The risks of climate change on food security in Southern Africa
Time to focus on underground pollution
Borehole maintenance challenges in southern Africa

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AFRICA MUST BE HEARD ON CLIMATE CHANGE
by Wangari Maathai
While in wealthy countries the looming climate crisis is a matter of concern, in Africa, which has hardly contributed to climate change, it is a matter of life and death, writes Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate, member of Kenya’s Parliament and the founder of the Green Belt Movement.

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