Kakamas residents live on the edge of a water emergency

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The town’s sole water treatment plant is on the verge of collapse. Residents frequently experience water outages and report that when water does flow from their ...

Upington farmers are desperate for water

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Small-scale livestock farmers in Upington, who use municipally-owned common land, are facing severe water and grazing shortages. Despite paying fees, the farmers ...

Turning rubbish dumps into community gardens in Upington

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In Rosedale, Upington, a low-income community transformed former rubbish dumps into vibrant community gardens.

Diamond mines everywhere but Northern Cape town battles poverty

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FEATURE: Residents living in the remote desert town of Sanddrift in the Richtersveld region of the Northern Cape struggle to get medication, ambulances, and jobs. ...

Watch VideoHow people in Namaqualand are keeping the Nama language alive

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A radio station and a school teaching Nama hope to stop the language from going extinct.

Watch VideoBlooming good: How a desert garden in the Northern Cape is saving endangered plants

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FEATURE: It’s a first of its kind in South Africa. The new botanical garden in Sendelingsdrif in the Northern Cape is a living bank of the country’s rich succulents ...