The Emergence Machine
Water Crisis Deepens in City
Johannesburg faces a critical water shortage as officials warn of potential 'total collapse' of the city's water network, Bloomberg reports.
The crisis is compounded by illegal gold mining activities that have scarred the land and exacerbated resource depletion, The Guardian notes.
Residents are increasingly angry over the lack of clean water access, with many describing it as a luxury few can afford, per Bloomberg.
South African courts have allowed anti-immigration marches under strict conditions amid rising tensions, WRAL reports.
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E6 · E10 · E12E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E6, organisms; the pressure it names: water shortage. Its words also reach E10 institutions and E12 states.
Here it is a dynamic between institutions and states: water shortage, total collapse, clean water access and luxury few can afford (E10 institutions), with anti-immigration marches and rising tensions (E12 states).
The floor of bodies and health.
The floor of money and rules. In this briefing: water shortage, total collapse, clean water access, luxury few can afford, South African courts.
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: anti-immigration marches, rising tensions.