Toxic Air: Weather service to lead ambitious R625m plan to monitor SA’s choking air quality
Air pollution claims roughly 42,000 South African lives every year — yet more than half of our government-owned monitoring stations are completely offline. Now the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has launched an ambitious new R625m proposal to overhaul this strategic grid, hand the reins over to the South African Weather Service and give a boost to environmental governance.
South Africa is launching a significant R625 million initiative to address its severe air pollution problem, which is responsible for approximately 42,000 deaths annually. A key aspect of this plan involves transferring the management of the country's air quality monitoring network to the South African Weather Service. This overhaul aims to rectify the current situation where a substantial portion of government-owned monitoring stations are non-operational.
This plan is crucial for improving public health and environmental governance by ensuring accurate and widespread monitoring of air quality.
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