While Cape Town's average dam level is at 53.3% this week - double what it was this time last year - the City council is still pushing ahead with plans to get new water sources into the City's supply system. City of Cape Town Deputy Mayor Ian Neilson said: "It's not a case of if we do this, but when and how." With the increased demand from a growing population […]
The panic that emerged after Day Zero was announced was instrumental in getting Capetonians to cut water consumption substantially - but a water-saving programme driven by fear is not sustainable. This is the view of Gina Ziervogel, an associate professor at UCT's Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, one of the presenters at the Adaptation Futures 2018 conference in the city last week. SPECIAL REPORT: Water Crisis Interviewed on the […]
Cape Town collective water use has gone up again to an average of 565Ml a day after the City quietly moved Day Zero to 2019. "Unfortunately, usage has increased by 54 million litres per day from last week's record low of 511 million litres per day," said Deputy Mayor Ian Neilson in a statement on Tuesday. Water usage will continue to be monitored, with Level 6B restrictions still in place, […]
The water crisis in the Western Cape is not unique, and will eventually spread to other cities, including Johannesburg. That’s according to Dr Anthony Turton, a professor at the University of the Free State, who says that cities such as East London and Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape might also face Day-Zero. The KwaZulu-Natal town of Ugu is also set to face the same fate. Turton believes that the […]
As Day Zero edges closer, people are stockpiling water from shops and springs. The idea of designated collection points is an uncomfortable thought, and so many people are looking at alternative emergency sources such as rainwater tanks, pools and boreholes. These sources make a lot of sense for toilet flushing and washing, but what about drinking and cooking? How do I know if my borehole or rain water is safe […]
South African non-profit organisation Operation SA, met with the Department of Water and Sanitation Department where they came to an agreement that collecting water and transporting the bottled water to the Western Cape from other province was not the best solution. Operation SA Yusuf co-founder Abramjee says that they have been inundated with several requests from NGOs, schools, corporate and members of the public asking here to drop off the […]
City of Cape Town Deputy Mayor Ian Neilson has apologised for his behaviour during an interview last week with News24's multimedia journalist Aletta Harrison. Neilson, who is in charge of the City's water crisis, said he had been on the job for "just three days" when the interview about Day Zero took place last Thursday, January 25. The deputy mayor, who recently replaced Mayor Patricia de Lille as head of […]
DA leader Mmusi Maimane announced on Tuesday that Day Zero for the drought-stricken City of Cape Town has been pushed back to April 16. The original date was April 12 when dam levels are expected to be at 13.5%. Dam levels currently stand at 26.3%. Maimane‚ at a media conference‚ thanked Capetonians for saving water over the past week which meant that Day Zero could be pushed back by four […]
Shops cashing in on Cape Town's water panic by selling filtered municipal water without a licence will be targeted in the coming days, a city official said at a briefing on its #DayZero plans on Sunday. "Either you stop this or we going to have to cut the water flow to the facility to a much lower level and the rest of your shops in the entire centre is going […]
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