Has Cape Town's #DayZero Been Averted or Postponed?

Capetonians have managed to reduce water usage to 522 million litres per day over the past week - 43 million litres less than the previous week's water usage. Despite this, and with winter and its accompanying rains looming, what about next summer, asks Peter Van Niekerk for the Daily Maverick.

The Voëlvlei dam (file photo).

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