The SASSCAL (Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management) is hosted by NUST (Namibia University of Science and Technology, and supported by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space. The Graduate Studies Programme on IWRM of SASSCAL symposium was convened from 11-12 November 2025. SANWATCE partners, Universities of Zambia, Malawi and Botswana, attended and contributed to the programme.
All 11 partners attended and actively engaged at this annual symposium. Several emerging scholars and researchers working on the ACEWATER III projects presented their respective research. The Unit for Environmental Ethics at Stellenbosch University, in collaboration with NUST Zimbabwe convened a special session on transboundary water ethics, which was attended by 20 participants. The AUDA-NEPAD SANWATCE secretariat convened a special session on the review of the SADC Water Research Agenda, which was attended by about 50 participants. Dr Patrice Kabeya, the Senior Programme Officer for Water at the SADC Secretariat welcomed the audience and set the scene for the session.
The SANWATCE Secretariat and Stellenbosch Univeristy Water Institute also co-convened two special sessions related to the WASANet project (Water Security in Africa).
AUDA-NEPAD SANWATCE used the opportunity to also convene its annual network consultative meeting.
In this presentation, Prof Kawawa Banada from the University of Zambia shares information on the state of knowledge and future research within aquifer systems within the Zambezi Watercourse in Southern Africa.
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