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Cape Town faces a dire water crisis with dam levels projected to drop to 30% by April. Experts urge residents to conserve ...

Academic classes have moved online amid ongoing student protests at the University of the Western Cape. The protests, which began on Tuesday, highlight ongoing safety concerns of students following ...

More than 100 firefighters battled two blazes on the slopes of South Africa's Table Mountain on Wednesday, and national parks authorities said they were starting to bring them under control after the ...

The recent devastating fires that engulfed the Cape Floral Region Protected Areas in Cape Town, South Africa and the surrounding areas including the University of Cape Town shocked many as it exposed ...

Stefaan Conradie received funding from the South African National Research Foundation. In this article I look at some of these factors in relation to the 2021 fire and their potential influence on ...