[Promoted] Coca-Cola is helping secure South Africa’s water future
This year, Coca-Cola in South Africa joins the United Nations to commemorate World Water Day in recognition of the reality that 2.2 billion people are currently living without access to safe water.Through JAMII, Coca-Cola aims to help improve access to safe water and to protect our natural water resources by forming meaningful partnerships between government, the private sectors, NGOs, and local communities.
Over time, ‘thirsty’ invasive plant species and poor land management practices have negatively impacted the natural ecosystem and processes, reducing the freshwater supply. The rehabilitation activities range from reducing soil erosion on mountain slopes, to improving grazing practices, to cutting down invasive alien plants.
This project supports the Integrated Vaal River System serving Gauteng by investing in improved land management upstream and will expand the existing protected area network in the Enkangala Drakensberg Strategic Water Source Area by 25,00ha. “For many years I had sleepless nights, especially during the dry wintertime, as I live amongst grasslands. Random veld fires would threaten our livestock, veld for grazing and our homestead,” he says.
Coca-Cola’s bottling partners are also committed to water restoration enterprises. Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa initiated Coke Ville, innovative off-grid solar-powered groundwater harvesting systems that pump, treat, store, and distribute clean water.
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