Day Zero

From collapsing maize yields to a possible cyclone hitting Richards Bay, a Wits expert warns that South Africa’s climate future is fast becoming hotter, drier and more dangerous

The treasury also did not allocate new funds to other struggling state-owned entities such as Denel, Transnet, the Land Bank and the South African National Roads Agency

Only a collective response will ensure water security and the per person use to a below a 170-litre future

Water scarcity in dry places has long shaped how people have used the resource

Steps can be taken to adapt and build a more sustainable and resilient future

With La Niña bringing much-needed rain, it is inexcusable that South Africans do not have access to their most basic human need: water

A few beaches were temporarily closed over the new year because of sewage spills

Technical steps have been taken reduce water wastage but political infighting in the metro hinders decision-making and implementation

The dam levels have been low for years, the canal transferring water from the Orange River Project to the storage dam was not repaired and the metro rejected help from the state

Gift of the Givers has started drilling boreholes, while Business Chamber members will help repair leaks

Water is treated as if it is an infinite resource but it is a false perception of abundance

The Impofu Dam will run dry in six days and the Churchill Dam will be empty 15 days

Just a few weeks left until taps run dry in large parts of the metropolitan

Amid rampant mismanagement and the effects of climate change, we will have to learn to do more with less

The Climate Justice Charter Movement has critiqued the manifestos of the main parties contesting the local government elections and found them ‘shallow’