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water shortage
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Tip A Hat To This Forethought – Cape Town Preps For Future Droughts Even As Dams Overflow
06 Aug 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Knowing how water doesn’t last forever, Cape Town is planning new desalination plants and treating wastewater to diversify its future supply and reduce reliance on dams.
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Brace Yourself For A Three-Day Water Outage Next Week In These Cape Town Suburbs
21 Jun 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The city has urged residents to make preparations for these days as no water will be available.
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The Sorry State Of Johannesburg’s Water And Sanitation Infrastructure Could Become A Full-Blown Crisis
18 Apr 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The collapse of the city’s water and sanitation grid appears to be imminent thanks to a lack of funds available to maintain and replace the ever-ageing infrastructure.
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Expert Touches On Johannesburg’s Water Crisis As It Gets Worse
28 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Since late 2023, scarcely a week has passed without residents in this bustling commercial hub experiencing disruptions to their water supply.
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Sip or Skip: Where To Find The Best And Worst Tap Water In Every South African Province
17 Jan 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Looks like more than half of our water systems are rocking top-notch microbiological quality, while 46% didn’t quite make the cut and got slapped with the ‘poor’ or ‘bad’ label in South Africa’s most recent Blue Drop Watch Report.
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Cape Town Residents Urged To Still Make Water-Wise Decisions Despite Full Dams
04 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Water officials of Cape Town are asking residents to still make water-wise decisions despite our dams flourishing at more than 90% full.
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Western Cape Dam Levels Are Looking Lekker After All This Rain
14 Jun 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The six major dams in the province are cumulatively more full compared to how they were in a similar period last year.
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Now Governments Are Going After Your Water-Intensive Dishwashers
11 May 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
They almost came for our pools, they should go for the yachts, and now they’re cracking down on our dishes.
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The Water Crisis In Grahamstown Is Quite Dire
09 May 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Rhodes University students and Makhanda residents are fed up with the ongoing water crisis that is keeping parts of Grahamstown as dry as a stone.
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People With Pools And Gardens In South Africa Have Been Called Out By The Guardian
11 Apr 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The Guardian has just called out the rich of Cape Town and beyond for their lush swimming pools, well-watered gardens, and clean cars.
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Why People Are Talking About This Video Of Women Scaling A Well Wall [Video]
03 Jun 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Large areas of India are facing severe water shortages, forcing residents to risk their lives in pursuit of the very substance that keeps life going.
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Cape Town Plans Big Spending On ‘Rainless Day Fund’ To Prevent Future Day Zero
26 Feb 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Over the next decade, the City of Cape Town has big plans to ensure that future droughts don’t result in the same panic as that which we saw a few years back.
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Brilliant Short BBC Segment On One Of SA’s Most Broken And Forgotten Towns [Video]
17 Feb 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When your municipality lets you down, you can riot, burn, and destroy, or you can come together to try and fix the problems yourselves.
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Day Zero: SA Water Crisis Is ‘Warning To The World’ [Videos]
05 Nov 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cape Town may have dodged a bullet for now, but other parts of the country have been brought to their knees.
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International Media Start Talking About SA’s Day Zero Again
29 Oct 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We may have had a wet weekend here in Cape Town, but other parts of the country are being brought to their knees.
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Tuesday Morning Spice
26 Feb 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments
SA’s day zero looms. Kim / Trump summit. Cracks in Zuma support. Sala plane crash scrutiny. Saudi students disappear from US. Eskom’s adding errors cost billions. Mysterious Amazon whale. Chelsea keeper apologises. Oscars awkward moments.
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Picture Of Newlands Swimming Pool Shows Just How Much Trouble Cape Town Is In
12 Dec 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For many Southern Suburb folk a splash in the Newlands Pool is a staple, but in case you haven’t popped past lately you should check this out.
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Cape Town Finds Extra Water – But That Doesn’t Mean You Should Chill
20 Nov 2017 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The City of Cape Town is exploring just about every water option out there, and this new project seems to be bearing fruit. Just don’t go celebrating yet.
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The Six-Minute Water Crisis Video Everyone Is Talking About – “They Were Warned”
26 Oct 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The finger pointing blame game is in full swing, and no one seems to want to step up and take responsibility for our mess. Here’s a little food for thought.
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Guess What Happens When You Phone Cape Town’s Hotels And Ask If You Can Take A Bath?
25 Oct 2017 by Jasmine Stone / 26 Comments
Tourist season is about to kick into fifth gear, and that means our hotels are going to be rammed. How much do really they care about the water shortage?
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This Could Be The Most Radical Solution To Cape Town’s Water Crisis Yet
17 Oct 2017 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Aqueducts, desalination plants, machines that convert air to water – we’ve heard them all over the past few months. Get a load of this beaut from left field.
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Reckon The City Has Our Water Crisis Under Control? The Daily Maverick Doesn’t Think So
12 Oct 2017 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Another day, another reminder of the trouble that lies ahead. If you think the City has everything sorted you might be in for a nasty surprise.
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Water Shortages In Other Regions Around The World Tend To End Very Badly
02 Aug 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
A number of regions of the world are experiencing serious drought and water shortages, and it’s a scary reminder of how we need to pull our socks up.
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Oh Dear – The City Of Cape Town Has Just Approved Serious Water Restrictions
11 Dec 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
The screws are being tightened, the City of Cape Town just approving level 2 water restrictions. Here’s what we’re in store for.
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Water Shortage: Teachers Marking Exams Using Bush As Toilet
07 Dec 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Teachers have a tough enough task without being forced to deal with awful facilities during the marking process. Do better KZN.
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Load Shedding Getting You Down? Don’t Worry, There’s A Water Crisis Coming Too
13 Jul 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
The next time you’re plunged into darkness at an inopportune moment be sure to enjoy a gulp of water. At least that way you’ll remember back in the day when we had it good.
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