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
The water crisis in the Western Cape is just a small taste of what awaits us.
But it can buy time with emergency measures and improved efficiency.
Readers write in about the ANC, and water in Cape Town.
A new coal-fired utility planned for Limpopo will contribute to global warming, and climate change will affect its ability to run efficiently.
The water tables must surely turn because the tables always turn when the chips are down.
Most water sources in Southern Africa cross at least ond border.
Citizens should not be plugging the gaps created by feckless politicians.
As drought continues to cripple the country, already scarce groundwater reserves are being plundered without oversight.