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Aug 23, 2019 · Reducing demand was a key priority. The City of Cape Town worked to get residents and businesses on board with a host of water-saving initiatives. People were instructed to shower for no longer than two minutes. A campaign with the slogan “If it’s yellow, let it mellow” promoted flushing the toilet only when necessary.
Oct 19, 2016 · "Using a toilet in informal settlements is one of the most dangerous activities for residents and women and the children have the biggest problems," Axolile Notywala, of the Social Justice Coalition (SJO), a campaign group fighting for better sanitation in Cape Town's informal settlements, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Nov 7, 2019 · Cape Town - Beneath a bridge in the Cape Town suburb of Woodstock, a strung-together network of blankets serves as a refuge for a group of women fighting stigma on many fronts. SistaazHood, a group of about 40 transgender women, most of them homeless and sex workers, has become a growing voice on issues such as transgender homeless shelters, the legalisation of sex work and better access to ...
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.
Jun 4, 2015 · The World Economic Forum on Africa 2015 takes place in Cape Town, South Africa from 3-5 June. Author: Ann Bernstein is executive director, Centre for Development and Enterprise Image: Foreigners from Zimbabwe carry their bags before boarding a bus home, from a camp for those affected by anti-immigrant violence in Chatsworth, north of Durban April 19, 2015.
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.
Mar 11, 2024 · Cape Town, for example, is comparatively far down the rankings overall but is making strides in facilitating its citizens’ access to information and improving liveability. It provides free Wi-Fi on city buses, for example, and uses real-time data to support its emergency response and surveillance services.
May 19, 2021 · In 2018, for instance, Cape Town nearly reached Day Zero, a day when its municipal taps would be shut off because the city would’ve run out of water. This highlighted the importance of diversifying water supply and management options and exposed the danger of overreliance on rain-fed reservoirs also used for irrigated agriculture.
Mar 21, 2013 · Que faire Cape Town (Le Cap) : visitez les plus beaux endroits Cape Town (Le Cap), préparez votre voyage et vos vacances (hébergement, location, transport, activités).
Sep 3, 2019 · As the World Economic Forum on Africa gets underway this week in Cape Town, a new report – The Sub-Saharan Africa Risks Landscape – is set to be unveiled. The report highlights five interconnected risks impacting countries across the continent.
