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Among the other demands is for the government to implement its 2010 pesticide policy and to integrate this with a food security plan that reduces reliance on chemicals for pest control. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Petition seeks ban on Terbufos, highly hazardous pesticides within three months

Stop scapegoating spaza shops when regulation failure is to blame for poisoning deaths, groups say

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
Residents of Hammanskraal have to rely on infrequent tankers to supply them with clean drinking water. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

No platitudes, please: Municipalities, politicians must be brutally honest about the water crisis

Citizens don’t need language that flirts around the issue. We need clear concise communications regarding the water crisis

  • Umamah Bakharia
3 min read