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DAY ZERO

All hands to the pump as Nelson Mandela Bay edges to Day Zero

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

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
Day Zero is fast approaching in Nelson Mandela Bay metropolitan municipality. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CHURCHILL DAM

Thirsty days ahead: Day Zero imminent for Nelson Mandela Bay

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

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Stage two water restrictions were introduced in Joburg this week but these will only be effective if they are enforced as they were in Cape Town during their Day Zero period. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ANTHONY TURTON

Nelson Mandela Bay is on the brink of Day Zero and faces humanitarian disaster

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

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read