Cape Town’s water crisis holds valuable insights for other cities that need to adapt to the realities of climate change
By using an evaporation process at a new waste water treatment plant on site, approximately 47 tankers of water will now be recovered
Riyaz Rawoot is helping to make a spring in the Newlands suburb more accessible to thousands of citizens
Salvage expert Nick Sloane’s solution to the water crisis was deemed too costly by the city of Cape Town
The reality is many of us look at water like we do a takeaway container.
The reality is many of us look at water like we do a takeaway container.
A marine salvage expert believes that towing glaciers from Antarctica may increase the city’s water supply
The month’s rainfall will be key to stave off Cape Town’s Day Zero in 2019
City of Cape Town deputy mayor Ian Neilson said dams providing water to the City are now 21.8% full
Nature based approaches to solving water problems originated in Europe and don’t take into account the continent’s huge infrastructure deficit.
The delay in Day Zero for 2018 is dependent on rainfall in the June/July period and residents continuing to use less than 50l of water
South Africa is a water-scarce country where inequity and a lack of fairness and justice pervades water distribution.
The city has come under significant criticism from civil society and concerned residents for its response to the worst drought in a 100 years
The system of dams that supplies the City of Cape Town is at an average of 23.23% full, compared to last week’s 23.7%
In periods of water stress, farmers need support, research assistance and empathy from governments and competing water users
With severe drought conditions affecting large parts of the country, the finance minister set aside R6‑billion to mitigate the effects
After re-assessing the ongoing drought occurring in at least three provinces, disaster management has reclassified the drought as a national disaster
The delay in Day Zero has been attributed to the continued decline in agricultural use and Capetonians water-wise actions
Freshwater resources were already stressed before heat-trapping carbon emissions from fossil fuels began to warm Earth’s surface and affect rainfall.
The group said they would write to Zille for clarity on why they were not able to get water as per her invitation, and when they could come back.
I believe that Israel does not see Palestinians as humans. But in South Africa we believe that access to clean water is the constitutional right
A Cape Town researcher believes the city should return to Table Mountain and the Camissa water system in its quest to resolve its current problems
‘The starting point is to admit that we don’t know — the future is just too uncertain’
‘The approach of Day Zero has put Capetonians into panic mode and suburbia is getting distinctly nervous’
The private sector will offer solutions and money if there is policy certainty and effective guarantees
"Day Zero" is the day when city officials will be forced to cut off the normal water supply to more than one-million households.
Day Zero has been pushed back until May 11 because farmers in the province have used up their allocated supply
Day Zero could come in March for the province
If the city’s credit rating is downgraded to junk, the country’s is likely to follow, economists warn
The queues are growing and tempers are rising at a natural water source at the foot of Table Mountain
Premier Helen Zille has asked Minister Nomvula Mokonyane for a joint task team to work under the minister’s leadership
No political party should lead a response to an urban governance crisis. The city, provincial and national governments must cooperate as government.