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High-risk areas are concentrated in townships and informal settlements, including Khayelitsha, Crossroads, Philippi and Gugulethu.
AIR POLLUTION

1.9 million Cape Town residents face high to very high air pollution risk, new UCT research reveals

More than 40% of Cape Town’s population is exposed to high or very high air pollution risk, according to a new UCT study that reveals sharp environmental inequalities across the…

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
Outdoor air quality funding to sub-Saharan Africa collapsed by 91% in just one year, falling from $129 million in 2022 to a mere $11.8 million in 2023. Photo: File
AIR QUALITY FUNDING AFRICA

Clean air crisis: Sub-Saharan Africa left with less than 1% of global funding

Fossil fuel projects soar while African cities face ‘clean-air finance desert’

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read