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Matthew Wingfield

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Matthew Wingfield

The Nqweba Dam near Graaff-Reinet has recharged after dropping to 4.98%. (Murat Ozgur Guvendik/Getty Images)
CAPE TOWN

It’s dangerous to forget Cape Town’s Day Zero

Water scarcity in dry places has long shaped how people have used the resource

  • Matthew Wingfield
  • Steven Robins
5 min read
Construction work has already begun to transform the River Club into a site where Amazon wants to situate its headquarters in Cape Town. (Photo by Gallo Images/ER Lombard)
OAKLANDS

Why environmental impact assessments need to be more than a legal hurdle

Assessments can’t be tick box exercises … if not done correctly, development will trump environmental conservation

  • Matthew Wingfield
  • Tina Gama-Kotze
6 min read