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The soil will soon deplete, and deforestation means flash floods and mudslides will occur. (Cynthia R Matonhodze/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
AGRICULTURE

Climate change sees Zimbabweans shift to hilltop farming

But the soil will soon deplete, and deforestation means flash floods and mudslides will occur

  • Jeffrey Moyo
3 min read
Young people have rolled up their sleeves to remove the pompom from the Groenkloof Nature Reserve in Pretoria. They are volunteers from ASEZ WAO, World Mission Society Church of God.
ASEZ WAO

Local group removes invasive plant from Pretoria’s Groenkloof Nature Reserve

A truck load of invasive species were removed by the group

  • Gavaza Tracy Masinga
2 min read
As the Karoo hopes for an end to its worst drought in a generation, the region’s history may hold important lessons for its future.
AGRICULTURE

Seven lean years in the Northern Cape

As the Karoo hopes for an end to its worst drought in a generation, the region’s history may hold important lessons for its future

  • Dennis Webster
17 min read
In the beachfront village of Agbekope on Togo’s shore
ATLANTIC OCEAN

New Togo fishing port stokes coastal erosion fears

Erosion affects coastal communities around the world but is becoming a major environmental and social problem in Togo

  • Raluca Besliu
4 min read