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Western Cape recovers after severe drought – dams average content achieved 82%

Posted on August 21, 2019 Leave a comment

The good rain of recent months has brought the Western Cape out of the grip of a severe drought that has brought farmers, tourism and real estate agencies back on track.

The drought that has been the worst in the last 100 years has been broken in most of the province and water storage dams are the highest it has been in the last decade.

Dams ‘average content reached the 82% mark, again strengthening farmers’ minds after a period when grain and vineyard yields were relatively low.

With the dams’ content at 82%, the economic outlook is far better than the 32% it was before the good rainy season.

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ANC regime certainly did not do proper planning – Multi-million rand project undertaken by China in Northern Transvaal is being put on hold due to water shortage, compromising thousands of jobs

Posted on February 28, 2019 Leave a comment

The planned economic investment in the Far North Transvaal undertaken by China may be affected by a severe shortage of water.

This project, which will amount to R150 billion, will provide thousands of jobs, but may be delayed due to a severe shortage of water.

The area where the project is in the identified zone requires a total of 123 million cubic meters of water per year for the Musina area.

Mining operations, together with the establishment of a power station, various agricultural crop plantations, and a silicone plant form part of the project, which provides for approximately 21,000 jobs.

However, experts argue that the project can only be sustainable if provision is made in time for storage dams for enough water.

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