HYDROPOLITICAL HOTSPOTS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA:
WILL THERE BE A WATER WAR?

AFRICAN DIALOGUE LECTURE SERIES
24 FEBRUARY 2000

AFRICAN WATER ISSUES RESEARCH UNIT, UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

JOINTLY SPONSORED BY GREEN CROSS INTERNATIONAL &
ACCORD, THE AFRICAN CENTRE FOR CONSTRUCTIVE RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES

AGENDA
12h00 - 12h10

Welcome and opening

Prof. Marie Muller, Director of Centre for International Political Studies, University of Pretoria

12h10 - 12h20 Fiona Curtin, Green Cross International
SESSION 1 Chair: Anthony Turton, Head, African Water Issues Research Unit
12h20 - 12h40 Southern African Water Conflicts: Are they inevitable or preventable?
Prof. Peter Ashton, CSIR
12h40 - 13h00 The Domino Effect: A Downstream Perspective on Water Management in Southern Africa
Dra Joanne Leestemaker, Eduardo Mondale University, Maputo
13h00-13h10 Questions and Discussion
SESSION 2 Chair: Roland Henwood, SAIIA
13h45 - 14h05 Hydropolitical Hotspots in Southern Africa: Challenging Conventional Wisdom, Anthony Turton, AWIRU
14h05 - 14h25 Good Governance and Conflict Resolution - The Lesotho Highlands Water Project Experience
Reatile Thabo Mochebelele, Lesotho Highlands Water Commission.
14h25 - 14h45 The Mitigation of Conflicts derived from Water-Use Related Problems: The Zambian Experience
Cecil Nundwe, Zambian Dept. of Water Affairs
14h45 - 15h05 Water and the Environment as a Potential Source of Conflict in Southern Africa.
Dr. Ebenizario Chonguica, IUCN Mozambique
15h05 - 15h25 Water and the Language of Peace and Security
Prof. L. Swatuk
15h25 - 15h45 Questions and Discussion
15h45 - 15h55 Closing, Hussein Solomon, ACCORD


Water for Peace in the Middle East and Southern Africa

African Water Issues Research Unit
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