Africa will speak with one strong voice at the United Nations Summit on Climate Change to kick-start in Durban, South Africa in November this year.

Senior Chief Inyambo Yeta of Sesheke District in western province acknowledged the connection between ineffective environmental management and climate change.

Komati Basin Water Authority» (KOBWA), un projet intergouvernemental, mis en place en 1993 par l’Afrique du Sud et le Swaziland, a aidé 66 familles swazies à se regrouper autour des activités agricoles afin de lutter contre l’insécurité alimentaire et la pauvreté.

Les effets dus au changement climatique constituent un nouveau défi qui affecte le développement des pays d’Afrique et freine la réalisation des Objectifs du millénaire pour le développement (OMD)», selon des rapports sur l’eau publiés en Afrique australe.

Indigenous knowledge is crucial to climate change resilience strategies for the water sector in southern Africa.

Tsitsi Matope speaks to the SADC Director of Infrastructure and Services, Remmy Makumbe, about the critical steps the region need to take to reduce the impact of events such as the recent floods.

By 2030, Namibia will have to provide three times as much water for irrigation as it is currently doing, says Anna Matros-Gorases of the Southern African Science Service Centre.

Since the resettlement of 125 families to make way to the Maguga Dam project, the community of Nyonyane resettlement village have enjoyed multiple benefits of continued access to water.

The southern African region is underutilising its water – a resource to which its citizens already have limited access.

Maduna’s family is one of 125 homesteads displaced to make way for the Maguga Dam in the Hhohho region of Swaziland.