Cape Town almost ran out of water. Here's how it averted the crisis
Aug 23, 2019 · Cape Town was 90 days away from turning off the taps in 2018 due to drought, but managed to avoid Day Zero with water-saving initiatives and rainfall. Learn how the city and its residents adapted to the threat and what challenges remain for the future.
Cape Town shows how other cities could limit climate change with …
Aug 31, 2021 · In South Africa, Cape Town was the most congested city in 2017 – precipitated by the failure of the urban rail network maintained and operated by the South African national government. However, the bare bones of the transport offering in Cape Town and the segmented government authority over the transport sector in South Africa made it highly ...
Cape Town's drought is causing the economy to dry up too
Mar 14, 2018 · Cape town generated nearly 10 percent of the country’s total gross domestic product in 2016. Last Tuesday, Statistics South Africa said the economy grew 3.1 percent in October-December, the highest rate since the second quarter of 2016, after expanding by a revised 2.3 percent in the third quarter.
Meet the imam of Africa’s first gay-friendly mosque
May 4, 2017 · The People's Mosque in Africa’s southern-most city, Cape Town, is no ordinary place of worship. Through its doors pass local Muslims who all have an unusual trait in common: the struggle to reconcile their faith with their LGBT identities.
'Stigma follows us': Cape Town's homeless, transgender women …
Nov 7, 2019 · SistaazHood, a group of about 40 transgender women, most of them homeless and sex workers, challenges stigma and discrimination in South Africa. They advocate for transgender-specific shelters, legalisation of sex work and better access to healthcare.
Why the Red Sea shipping crisis will raise CO2 emissions | World ...
Mar 19, 2024 · With shipping lines rerouting vessels around the Cape of Good Hope instead of the Suez Canal, the sector’s emissions-saving “slow steaming” strategy may come to an end. The longer journey times and increases in speed to make up for lost time are predicted to substantially increase CO2 emissions for journeys from Asia to Europe.
These are the world's five biggest slums | World Economic Forum
Oct 19, 2016 · Learn about the challenges and achievements of slum dwellers in Cape Town, Nairobi, Mumbai, Mexico City and Karachi. See how they cope with inadequate shelter, sanitation, education and healthcare, and how they create their own solutions and opportunities.
Cape Town could experience another 'Day Zero' this century as …
Nov 16, 2020 · Cape Town has an 80% higher chance of another 'Day Zero' drought by the end of the century if greenhouse gas-emissions keep rising at current rates, according to research. The 2018 crisis was only averted by the city making an aggressive push to conserve water.
City of Cape Town | World Economic Forum
Apr 7, 2022 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan …
South African vacuum cleaner is cleaning microplastic from …
Nov 23, 2020 · The Enviro Buggy vacuum cleaner sieves out microplastics and picks up normal, larger pieces of rubbish on a beach in Cape Town, South Africa. The same work would take humans days to achieve. Wildlife can get entangled in waste or eat it, as they can’t distinguish between it and real food.