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Johannesburg – The government’s handling of the national water crisis was its most serious blunder in 2010, trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday. “In a country afflicted by a scarcity of water, a fast-growing population and ageing infrastructure, our water predicament has now become a ticking timebomb,” union spokesperson Ilze Nieuwoudt said, listing the government’s top [...] Johannesburg – The water treatment plant at the Grootvlei mine near Springs will flood with acid mine water in five days, closing down operations, if action is not taken, the water affairs department said on Tuesday. “The plant is only pumping 40 megalitres of acid mine water a day, but it needs to pump 108 megalitres [...] Beijing – The death toll from summer flooding across a wide swath of southern China climbed to 211 on Wednesday, as a river in Jiangxi province overflowed its banks but did not cause any additional casualties, authorities and state media said. The misery in the area of 10 provinces, regions and municipalities was expected to continue, [...] |
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