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Cyclone Idai’s devastation of Beira.
CLIMATE CHANGE

Wits co-leads initiative to mitigate effects of tropical cyclones

R110m pioneering project aims to boost resilience to tropical cyclones in Southern Africa and Madagascar

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Future shock: Huge waves at Durban seafront were caused by tropical Cyclone Irina which hit in 2012. Ancient sediment from the seabed off the city’s coast provide evidence of extreme tropical storms, and modelling suggests this is likely to happen again. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP
ANDREW COOPER

Intense tropical cyclones could hit South Africa’s east coast in the future — study

Past climate conditions that led to intense tropical cyclones battering KwaZulu-Natal’s coast are similar to the ones projected now under global warming

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read
Trouble: People are rescued from flooding in Lephalale. A climate change expert cautions that 3°C to 4°C of warming from 2041 to 2060 would be catastrophic for the area. Photo: Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo Images/Foto24
AFRICA CLIMATE ALLIANCE

COP26: ‘We don’t want this terrible future’

Unless urgent action is taken, South Africa will suffer enormous socioeconomic and ecological harm from climate change in the next 50 years

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Drought equaliser: Cape Town residents queued to refill water bottles at Newlands Spring. This may soon be Gauteng’s future. (Morgana Wingard/Getty Images)
ARCTIC

Climate crisis: ‘Day Zero’ drought risk for Gauteng

Long droughts may result in dams unable to adequately supply the industrial heartland

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read