The town of Makhanda in the Eastern Cape is on the verge of Day Zero with citizens urgently seeking assistance from relief organisation Gift of the Givers. According to the NGO, municipal manager and other members of the council have confirmed the...
Nelson Mandela Bay has imposed stringent water restrictions as Kouga Dam levels reach 6.87%, prompting fears of a Day Zero. Towns such as Hankey and Pattensie in the Kouga region that depend on Kouga Dam are now left with only a month’s supply of...
Deputy Mayor of Cape Town Ian Neilson says Day Zero for 2019 can be averted if water restrictions are maintained. In statement released recently the Deputy Mayor noted that Cape Town’s dam levels have been rising consistently over the past six...
Today’s budget speech to be tabled by the finance minister, Malusi Gigaba, is expected to touch on the drought affecting the country, with the focal point on three provinces, the Eastern Cape, Western Cape and the Northern Cape. The drought...
Day zero is now also looming for the Eastern Cape’s Kouga region. Disadvantaged communities are already feeling the impact. Their main supply dam is at 9 percent. The majority of the three hundred thousand people in Hankey and Patensie areas...
Volunteers that can donate time or goods to assist officials tasked with managing the Cape water crisis can now pledge their support through a platform hosted by the Water Institute of South Africa. The platform is a simple tool that allows...
The City of Cape Town’s municipal water supply may dry up sooner than expected following a decline in dam levels this week that has brought Day Zero closer. “Unfortunately, due to a drop in the dam levels of 1.4%, Day Zero has, as of today, moved...
Cape Town residents have been warned that their high festive water usage has brought “Day Zero” closer, by more than three weeks. Day Zero is the day that almost all of the taps in the city will be turned off and people will have to queue for water...
The Western Cape has officially been declared a disaster area. Following the most crippling drought to hit the province in over a century, Premier Helen Zille said the decision will be formally gazetted by this week. Dam levels in the Cape are at...
