Cape Town Residents Grapple with Tighter Water Restrictions
Cape Town residents who failed to comply with the recently introduced level 6B water restrictions have been issued U.S.$333 in fines, law enforcement officials said. Under the new restrictions, water consumption is limited to 50 litres per person per day. This comes as the city rushes to get a temporary desalination plant operational as uncertainty remains over rainfall patterns.
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South Africa: Rush to Get Cape Town's Temporary Desalination Plants Online
News24Wire, 1 February 2018
The City of Cape Town's R240m temporary desalination plant at Strandfontein Pavilion is on track, but it will only start producing the first two million litres of an expected seven… Read more »
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South Africa: Cape Town's Water Crisis Response Needs to Protect the Rights of Millions
HRW, 1 February 2018
Cape Town, South Africa has been plunged into a water crisis, and in about two months - a date known as Day Zero - the city will run out of water, and supplies to most suburbs will… Read more »
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South Africa: Comment Period Closes for Water Amendments By-Laws in Cape Town
News24Wire, 1 February 2018
The City of Cape Town has closed its extended comment window for the Water Amendment By-law, after it was opened for a second round of comments. Read more »
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South Africa: Two Bust for Allegedly Trying to Smuggle Water to Western Cape Illegally
News24Wire, 1 February 2018
Two people were caught red-handed in Muldersdrift allegedly trying to fill tankers of water to drive down to the Western Cape on Wednesday night, the Mogale City Local Municipality… Read more »
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South Africa: Unpacked - Who's Blaming Who for Cape Town's Water Crisis Woes
News24Wire, 31 January 2018
Finger pointing and blaming over the drought crisis gripping Cape Town has picked up this week, with behind-the-scenes fighting between DA leaders being revealed. Read more »
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South Africa: Cape Town Schools Will Not Close On Day Zero - Premier
News24Wire, 31 January 2018
Schools will not close if Cape Town reaches Day Zero, Western Cape Premier Helen Zille said on Wednesday. Read more »
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South Africa: Gift of the Givers Collects Water for Cape Town Drought
Brand SA, 31 January 2018
The Gift of the Givers has several plans to help residents of the Western Cape, which is experiencing severe drought. Read more »
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South Africa: Zille Asks Mokonyane for Urgent Resolution to Water Crisis
News24Wire, 31 January 2018
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille has asked Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane for an urgent resolution to the water crisis and for a joint task team to work under the… Read more »
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South Africa: Day Zero Advert Fails to Fly Its True Colours in Sunday Newspaper
Daily Maverick, 31 January 2018
The reader has been dangerously misled. One assumes this is the work of an informed, skilled, critical journalist who has weighed up the evidence to conclude that Day Zero can be… Read more »
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South Africa: Maimane's Populist Gimmick Endangers Capetonians
COSATU, 31 January 2018
COSATU is finalising its strike action against the government for endangering the lives of Capetonians through their mismanagement of water in the city. We call on President… Read more »
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South Africa: Drought - Eastern Cape Towns Facing Day Zero
GroundUp, 31 January 2018
Two farming towns in Eastern Cape might have their Day Zero sooner than Cape Town. The only dam supplying the area is at a critical level, while the process of sinking boreholes is… Read more »
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South Africa: Eastern Cape On the Verge of Worst Drought Crisis in the Country
DA, 30 January 2018
The statement below follows an oversight visit to the Kouga Municipality by the DA Shadow Minister of Water and Sanitation, Leon Basson MP. Please find attached English and… Read more »
InFocus
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The arrival of Day Zero has been pushed back from 12 to 16 April, Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane has said. This comes as The SA Democratic Teachers' Union described the ... Read more »
