Water Rhapsody » Southern cape http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za est. 1994 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:46:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Worst drought in 130 Years http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/2010/01/06/worst-drought-in-130-years/ http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/2010/01/06/worst-drought-in-130-years/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:36:58 +0000 admin http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/?p=694 Dire water shortages from rivers running dry in the Eastern Cape and the central and southern part of the Western Cape, in what AgriSA terms the “worst drought in 130 years”, have focused attention on the lack of regional infrastructure plans and a regulating authority to oversee water pricing.

Emergency measures have had to [...]]]> http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/2010/01/06/worst-drought-in-130-years/feed/ 0 Worst Drought in 100 Years – Southern Cape http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/2009/09/30/worst-drought-in-100-years-southern-cape/ http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/2009/09/30/worst-drought-in-100-years-southern-cape/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:46:19 +0000 admin http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/?p=549 By Craig McKune

It may be another cold, wet, windy and snowy week throughout the province, but southern Cape farmers say they are battling the worst drought to hit the region in over 100 years.

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