
Why South Africa’s cost-of-living crisis is also a water, energy and food crisis
South Africa's rising cost-of-living crisis is not driven by a single sector, it’s shaped by the interconnected dynamics of water, energy and food systems.
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is an international academic centre of public health and global health, and one of the world's top research-focused graduate schools. Domestic and global concerns are addressed by clinical and laboratory sciences, epidemiology, social sciences, economics, public health and health policy. It employs over 1,300 staff, including over 100 living in Africa and Asia; it has more than 4,000 graduate students.
South Africa's rising cost-of-living crisis is not driven by a single sector, it’s shaped by the interconnected dynamics of water, energy and food systems.
The energy nexus articulates how many sectors and different parts of our lives the energy industry touches. Our leaders must understand and act on it.
