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The Vaal River Barrage, South Africa’s hardest working water way: an historical contemplation
(2007)
South Africa’s Vaal River is the country’s hardest working rivers. It has been
instrumental in securing valuable water supplies in the development of the country’s
economic hub – the Gauteng Province. Since the mid-twentieth ...
Water history and transdisciplinarity: a South African perspective.
(North-West University, 2011)
In the article attention is given to recent developments in the field of water history at North-West University in South Africa, where transdisciplinary research strategies have been incorporated into research programmes ...
A first generation African community grappling with urbanisation: the views of Platfontein’s San on water and sanitation service delivery
(2014)
Since their relocation in 2004 to Platfontein near Kimberley in South Africa’s Northern
Cape Province, members of the !Xun and Khwe San, originally from the northern parts
of Namibia and southern Angola, became a first ...
Views on unlawful water abstractions along the Liebenbergsvlei River, South Africa
(2010)
As a result of the growing demand for additional water supplies, officials at the National
Department of Water Affairs (DWA) continually monitor consumption patterns. The
unlawful abstraction of water for irrigation ...