Cape Town’s water consumption this week has exceeded the current 650 million litres per day limit. The City’s Member of Mayoral Committee for Water and Waste, Xanthea Limberg, said dams supplying Cape Town are currently sitting at 79.7% of...
Several towns in the Eastern Cape have run out of water. This is according to the Maverick Citizen, which reported that boreholes and dams have dried up and taps have run dry in Graaff-Reinet, Bedford, Makhanda and Adelaide. The lack of rain has...
The City of Johannesburg has warned residents to use water sparingly after water levels at the Vaal Dam dropped to just below 55%. “Vaal Dam [is] sitting at 53.1% and no water transfers to the Vaal Dam system will be possible until November...
The Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu, has called on the residents of Limpopo and Eastern Cape to reduce their water use drastically after the two provinces dropped their dam levels to an alarming 52%Â each this...
