Sparkling pools, empty taps: Cape Town’s stark water divide
By JACK DUTTON CAPE TOWN, South Africa—On Cape Town’s beaches, swimmers shower off sand from their feet. Irrigation pipes water ...
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Fire breaks out at South African parliament office in Cape Town
A major fire broke out at South Africa’s seat of parliament in Cape Town early Sunday, sending a thick column ...
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In South Africa, modest requiem for titan Tutu
Cape Town—South Africa bade farewell on Saturday to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the last great hero of the struggle against apartheid, ...
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South Africans pay respects to Tutu as body lies in state
CAPE TOWN—South Africans streamed into a Cape Town cathedral on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, ...
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Protesters hit S.Africa beaches to oppose oil exploration
Hundreds of environmentalist demonstrators gathered on South African beaches Sunday to protest against oil and gas exploration by energy giant ...
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Escape from COVID: South Africa’s luxury ‘Blue Train’
Waiters in grey waistcoats bearing dainty platters of canapés circle the private lounge at Cape Town’s main train station and ...
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Drought-stricken Cape Town counts the cost
South African winemaker Marlize Jacobs looks out across the parched brown earth that sustains her award-winning vines, surveying the effects ...
Read moreCape Town now faces dry taps by July 9
Residents of drought-stricken Cape Town received good news Tuesday when city officials said they now face losing piped water to ...
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