JOHANNESBURG - Nieuwoudtville in the Northern Cape has the best air quality in South Africa, and the city with the worst is Benoni in Gauteng.
That's according to the 2023 World Air Quality Report.
South Africa ranks 47 out of 134 countries in that report.
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The report also shows that air quality in South Africa has improved, with an almost 15 percent drop in pollution.
Rebecca Garland, Associate Professor at the University of Pretoria and a member of the National Association for Clean Air, has more on this.