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Stray animals crossing roads and causing accidents are a serious concern on the province’s roads. This animal was captured strolling through the streets of King Williams Town.Image: CHERI-ANN JAMES
DANGER TO MOTORISTS

Stray animals put motorists in danger

Stray animals crossing national roads are a major concern in the Eastern Cape. Drivers blame livestock owners and the provincial department for not doing enough to prevent the animals from straying on to the roads. Cows, dogs and donkeys…

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Farmers fear that their livestock won’t survive the lack of water in Tsomo, rural Eastern Cape.Image: Yamkela Ntshongwana.
CHRIS HANI MUNICIPALITY

Five villages without tap water for three months, livestock dying

Five villages in Tsomo in the Eastern Cape have been without water for three months. According to Chris Hani District Municipality, the villages – Gqogqorha, Emdeni, Mahlubini Komkhulu, Mnyangula and Mmangobomvu – are expected to benefit…

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DROUGHT

Starvation looms as food runs out in drought-hit Ethiopia

The Somali people of Ethiopia’s southeast have a name for the drought that has killed livestock, dried up wells and forced hundreds of thousands into camps: sima, which means “equalised”. It’s an appropriate name, they say, because this…

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