The South African Apartheid, which systematically separated the black and white populations–was officially dismantled in 1991. Before the Apartheid, native South Africans underwent hundreds of years of subjugation under white imperialist countries, namely the Dutch and the British. Stemming from centuries-long white suppression, the end of the Apartheid did not succeed in accomplishing total equality;Continue reading “Approaching Day Zero of Cape Town’s Water Crisis in the Aftermath of Apartheid”
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Cape Town Water Crisis
Water scarcity is one of the most imminent challenges the world currently faces. As a result of lack of access to or a physical shortage of water, 700 million people face a water scarcity crisis. Even more startling is the 1.6 billion people who face economic water shortage because their state cannot afford water infrastructure.Continue reading “Cape Town Water Crisis”
Protocol Perspectives: Waging Water Wars
Politics, corporate interests, and climate change are intersecting within the changing demographics of an increasingly globalised world. Drought is beginning to pervade our world in unimaginable ways. How do these issues affect access to potable water worldwide? This discussion will delve into the implications for human rights, with focus on a Bolivian case study andContinue reading “Protocol Perspectives: Waging Water Wars”
Bottling It Up: The Voiceless Right to Water
It can seem as though there’s no escaping from water. After all, it covers over 2/3 of the surface of the planet, and comprises 60% of the human body. It boils freely in pan and kettle, and runs instantaneously at the twist of a tap. It fills lochs and lakes, and rushes in streams orContinue reading “Bottling It Up: The Voiceless Right to Water”
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