SOUTHERN AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 643 23 August 2013

Table of contents 1. Questioning the Crowd - data verification challenges for humanitarians 2. The long-term forecast for extreme weather 3. More support needed for South Africa's subsistence fishermen 4. Innovating around aid-access hurdles Questioning the Crowd - data verification challenges for humanitarians NAIROBI, 20 August 2013 (IRIN) - As evolving technologies multiply the rate of "big data" in emergencies from crowd-sourcing, to crowd-seeding to social media - humanitarian organizations are now focusing on how to ensure it is accurate and thus usable. Read report online The long-term forecast for extreme weather JOHANNESBURG, 21 August 2013 (IRIN) - If you ask a climate scientist to indulge in some crystal ball gazing to predict what impact climate change could have in the next 10 years, they'd probably refuse. Read report online More support needed for South Africa's subsistence fishermen DURBAN, 22 August 2013 (IRIN) - Bobby Moodliar, 52, is one of thousands of subsistence fishermen trying to eke out a living from the waters around South Africa's port city of Durban. Until a few years ago, he was able to support his entire family from the fish he caught in the city's harbour, which is regarded as one of the most important fish nurseries in the Indian Ocean and is home to salmon, shad, barracuda, and various species of migratory fish. Read report online