Drought-hit South Africa braces for fresh heatwave: The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of a heatwave expected to hit at least four provinces of the drought-hit country this week. The warnings stretch from Port Elizabeth in the south ... Source: "Port Elizabeth" - BingNews. PE taxi driver to plead guilty on double culpable homicide: A Port Elizabeth taxi driver accused of causing a fatal accident and killing two young women is expected to plead guilty in the Port Elizabeth … [Read more...] about Drought-hit South Africa braces for fresh heatwave – Port Elizabeth in the News
droughthit
Drought-hit farmers’ water allocations cut – MyPR.co.za
Drought-hit farmers’ water allocations cut: Gamtoos Irrigation Board chairman Tertius Meyer DROUGHT-hit farmers in the Gamtoos River Valley have had their already stringent water allocations from the Kouga Dam – the largest in the region – halved for the 2018/19 water year, it was announced late on Thursday. With Kouga Dam at only 7.7% capacity on Friday, this means that farmers will now be forced to operate on 20% of what would be their full irrigation quota for the new water year, which starts … [Read more...] about Drought-hit farmers’ water allocations cut – MyPR.co.za
Grahamstown in the news: Drought: It’s not just Cape Town‚ say drought-hit Eastern Cape residents
Drought: It’s not just Cape Town‚ say drought-hit Eastern Cape residents: Without water there is no life‚” he said. City of Saints’ frequent water outages Residents of Grahamstown‚ nicknamed the “City of Saints”‚ about 126km away are already accustomed to water interruptions. “We have frequent water outages and ... Source: "Grahamstown" - BingNews. We're worse off than Cape Town‚ say drought-hit Eastern Cape residents: Without water there is no life‚” he said. Residents of Grahamstown‚ … [Read more...] about Grahamstown in the news: Drought: It’s not just Cape Town‚ say drought-hit Eastern Cape residents
J-Bay in the news: Drought: It’s not just Cape Town‚ say drought-hit Eastern Cape residents
Drought: It’s not just Cape Town‚ say drought-hit Eastern Cape residents: This could be seen in the Seekoei Estuary near Jeffrey’s Bay‚ Paradise Beach and Aston Bay. Estuaries and wetlands were naturally resilient systems if not impacted by humans. But urban development and water abstraction from wetlands had removed their ... Source: "Jeffreys Bay" - BingNews. We're worse off than Cape Town‚ say drought-hit Eastern Cape residents: This could be seen in the Seekoei Estuary near Jeffrey’s … [Read more...] about J-Bay in the news: Drought: It’s not just Cape Town‚ say drought-hit Eastern Cape residents
