Climate crisis threatens basic human rights – report
“Climate change is still largely a misunderstood issue for much of the public, and climate change literacy is low in South Africa.”
“Climate change is still largely a misunderstood issue for much of the public, and climate change literacy is low in South Africa.”
It will take a long time for the poor to recover from storms that have wrecked homes, especially those in informal settlements like Stjwetla situated on the edge of the Juskei river in Alexandra.
A week of floods as a result of torrential rain in some parts of Gauteng has left many people devastated. Cars and houses were damaged. Above all, eight people lost their lives. While others are saying this is an act of God, others are blaming poor storm water drainage as the cause of the damage. Affected regions were Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni.