{"id":27069,"date":"2026-02-27T11:07:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers-qa\/channelafrica\/news\/global-water-experts-raise-concerns-over-water-demand-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:35:01","slug":"global-water-experts-raise-concerns-over-water-demand-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/global-water-experts-raise-concerns-over-water-demand-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Global water experts raise concerns over water demand in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Global water experts and industrialist have expressed concern about the rising water demand in Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The experts are raising serious concerns about ageing water infrastructure, and delayed maintenance of vital water sources which deteriorates water quality.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">This came out at the NatuRes regional learning exchange 2026 hosted East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\nThe exchange is aimed at strengthening partnerships and coordinating action toward water-secure and climate-resilient communities across Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\nStakeholders at the learning exchange say while water scarcity and quality affects mostly households, it also has a negative impact on key industries that form the backbone of the continent&#8217;s economy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\nStakeholders from SA, Ethiopia, Zambia and Tanzania were part of the exchange which deliberated on possible solutions to the global water challenge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21206,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-27069","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":null,"news_description":"Rising water demand in Africa","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27339,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27069\/revisions\/27339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=27069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}