As South Africans bare the effect of the drought, farmers throughout the country have shown solidarity with affected farmers. In response to the need for a farming network, local Muslim farmers have established a network of African Muslim farmers, called the African Muslim Farmers Association (AMFA). AMFA is a non-profit[…]
With increased efforts from civil society to assist drought-stricken areas across the country, the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) in conjunction with the Darul-Islam Relief Fund is embarking on its own water project, titled “The Gift of Life.” The MJC and DARF through this initiative endeavours to assist in alleviating the[…]
The recent drought that began in 1998 in the eastern Mediterranean Levant region is probably the worst in 900 years, according to a new NASA report. Scientists studied tree rings in the area, which includes Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey, in order to reconstruct its drought history. “The[…]
The agriculture industry in the Western Cape has lost more than R700 million due to damages caused by fires and drought in the province. According to Anton Rabe, executive director at Hortgro, there is a great water shortage within many regions of South Africa, particularly in the greater Witzenberg area,[…]
The US has boosted its emergency food aid to Ethiopia by nearly $100m to combat one of the worst droughts in decades, the U.S. Agency for International Development announced on Sunday. The aid is urgently needed to head off a humanitarian disaster brought on by the El Nino climate phenomenon[…]
The Nelson Mandela Foundation along with Proudly South African and Operation Hydrate launched the country’s “biggest water drive” to date on Friday. The project aims to bring some much needed relief to communities in drought stricken areas across the country by allowing people to drop off sealed 5 litre bottles[…]
A toddler dressed in worn-out sandals, a bright red top and blue striped panties desperately pries her fingers into a tap that has run dry in Tambo informal settlement in the Free State town of Senekal. “You see how our children are,” comments a mother, cradling a baby in her[…]
South Africa remains in the grip of its worst drought in decades. Last Thursday the South African Weather Service announced that 2015 was the driest year on record and it shows no sign of abating. Those records date back to 1904. To make matters worse health officials say 11 people[…]
The South African Food Sovereignty Campaign launched a special campaign and helpline with the purpose of allowing farmers the opportunity to report on the effects of the country’s ongoing drought. The Voice of the Cape spoke to Imraahn Mukaddam, coordinator of the South African Food and Sovereignty Campaign about the[…]
A water drive that started as a modest plea on Facebook has grown into a nationwide campaign co-ordinated by ordinary people on social media. “It has snowballed into something I never experienced in my life,” said Caroline van Saasen who started the Facebook page Water Shortage South Africa (WSSA). Van[…]
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