South African government is worried that these little critters have invaded fields in certain parts of the country.
Let it rain, let it pour!
Videographer Heinrich Stofberg captured some beautiful footage as a Limpopo river began to fill up after one of the worst droughts South Africa has experienced in years.
The City of Cape Town is considering heavier water restrictions after usage has spiked yet again, severely depleting water resources.
But Donald Trump still reckons climate change is a hoax.
Here’s what you can and can’t do under the stricter water restrictions being implemented in Cape Town from November.
Consumers need to drastically reduce water usage or the country’s water system could “crash”.
The Democratic Alliance wants the drought to be declared a national disaster and, by looking at how much food has increased in the last 12 months, it’s quite obvious why.
A 16-year old South African has scooped a regional award at the Google Science Fair’s Community Impact Awards.
It’s way too easy to forget that South Africa is still in the midst of a severe drought.
The DA has said it will ask the Public Protector to investigate a staggering claim that the ANC is running a water-for-votes scheme in KwaZulu-Natal.
Stock up while you can…
Agri SA collected R14 million to help farmers during the worst drought in South Africa’s history.
The weakening rand and the crippling drought has impacted the cost of food in South Africa quite drastically.
Western Cape farmers have donated over 100 tonnes of animal feed for their drought-stricken compatriots in Kliprand.
Rapidly rising maize prices are likely to have a knock-on effect on the cost of other foodstuffs.
For the first time in decades, villagers from Waterberg in Limpopo are experiencing the effects of climate change and the impact it has on every day life.
Almost nobody alive in South Africa today would have seen rain fall this low before.
What started off as a simple plea on Facebook as blossomed into an extraordinary citizen-driven effort to help the people in the drought stricken areas of South Africa.
The South African drought is worsening with some areas in the Free State without any water. Some have taken desperate measures to get some water.
Drone footage shows just how bad the drought is in South Africa at the moment.
Sometimes, living at the tip of Africa means you feel separated from the general concerns of the rest of the world, but in the case of climate change, it’s fallen directly on our doorstep.