South Africa braces for El Niño: water infrastructure and food security at risk

South Africa faces a powerful El Niño with relatively healthy dam levels but failing municipal infrastructure and leaking pipes, raising water and food security concerns. Rising food prices compound the risk. The situation is developing as the El Niño approaches, with uncertainty over the severity of impacts.

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