Florence Negondeni and other residents of Tshakhuma went to the mountain and piped water to 4 000 people
The reality is many of us look at water like we do a takeaway container.
Residents say they find themselves without water almost weekly
Drought-stricken farmers in the Western Cape have had to abandon at least a quarter of their high-value vineyards and fruit orchards
The remaining 10% in the Theewaterskloof Dam is largely regarded as unusable if used through the current dam system
The world has abundant fresh water but it is unevenly distributed and under increasing pressure, United Nations agencies say
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
The physical predicaments we experience go far further than what our conditioned minds perceive
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 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
Minister announces drought is a national disaster and that national government is taking over
"Day Zero" is the day when city officials will be forced to cut off the normal water supply to more than one-million households.
Minister Des Van Rooyen has criticised the province and will meet today with a task team to decide if the Western Cape drought is a national disaster
Day Zero: Farms take a hit from the Cape water crisis.
If the city’s credit rating is downgraded to junk, the country’s is likely to follow, economists warn
Day Zero could come in March for the province
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.
The party’s federal executive has authorised a motion of no confidence in Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille, the party announced on Wednesday.
"We have to reassess our relationship with water, and the City supports the move by residents to explore more sustainable water-wise technologies"
In certain parts, the Eastern Cape crisis is worse than Cape Town — areas like the Gamtoos Valley don’t have supplementary water available.
The City of Cape Town is currently rated Baa3 – the lowest level of investment grade, and is on review for a downgrade.
"Day Zero can be avoided if all of us become positive and move beyond politics and appreciate that the realities of climate change are upon us.
Readers write in about Africa’s children and Cape Town’s water crisis
Bottled water flies off the shelves, demand for storage tanks outstrips supply and short hair is in
Reservoirs around Cape Town, in the grip of its worst drought for a century, have gone largely unreplenished for more than three years
"We can still avoid day zero if everyone remains within the limit of 50 litres per person per day"
‘At that point the tap dried up … ‘
The city could run out of water in March and is rushing to get measures such as desalination in place