After the recent weeks of persistent rain, vegetable farms are water-logged and crops are being spoilt.
Fresh produce traders at the Verulam market north of Durban say this has not been a good year for their crops. Emeritus Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Roland Schulze says while climate change is undeniable, it must not be oversimplified. He adds, “We’re just looking at: temperature is going to change, but water temperature changing has far worse repercussions for all of us: our waste water treatment works, imagine Eskom – when it works – cooling its cooling towers with warmer water – they will need more water. All of these repercussions, diseases, water-borne diseases like malaria, cholera, and so forth. They are what is going to really hit home to us.
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