Water Shifting

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Crisis averted: A sign in a restroom helped promote the use of waterless hand sanitizer in Cape Town in 2018, during the worst drought on record
in the region after years of low rainfall. Authorities named 11 May as the infamous “Day Zero” when water would run out if reservoir levels kept
falling and consumption did not slow enough – but managed to avoid this because people changed their behaviour. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Getty

Cape Town offers lessons on how to save water

Our water use is higher than the global average – and we need to fix infrastructure to reduce losses

Ozayr Patel

Borehole water collection in Johannesburg. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Angry Joburg residents protest six weeks without water

Over the past year, Gauteng has witnessed a disturbing increase in water challenges, according to WaterCAN

Sheree Bega

Photo: Papi Morake/ Getty Images

Joburg water crisis not dampening hospital care

Helen Joseph Hospital and Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital is surviving on water tankers amidst Gauteng water crisis

Umamah Bakharia