Day Zero
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Water infrastructure failures in Midrand and Gqeberha expose R400-billion maintenance crisis
Ongoing water disruptions in Midrand and Gqeberha are not isolated incidents but symptoms of a national infrastructure crisis requiring R400-billion to address.
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Johannesburg residents ‘desperate’ as taps run dry
Residents in Johannesburg are protesting severe water shortages affecting daily life due to infrastructure failures and municipal mismanagement.
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Free State water crisis deepens as multiple municipalities face critical lack
Residents in the Free State continue to face severe water crises, with municipalities like Winburg and Tokologo braving prolonged outages and failures.
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Winburg on brink of ‘Day Zero’: vandalism and contamination threaten total water collapse
Winburg and Makeleketla face a ‘Day Zero’ water crisis due to severe water shortages from infrastructure neglect and vandalism. The Wolwas Dam is critically low at 10% capacity, while the…
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Western Cape faces twin crisis as Minister seeks disaster declaration for drought and wildfires
The Western Cape government is moving to secure a provincial disaster declaration as the province battles a devastating combination of severe drought and widespread wildfires that have pushed resources to…
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Western Cape faces water crisis as dam levels drop to alarming lows
CAPE TOWN – The Western Cape is facing a mounting water crisis as dam levels continue their precipitous decline, with Cape Town Metropolitan dams now sitting at just 66.0% capacity…
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Western Cape dam levels plummet as Festive Season brings tourist influx
The Western Cape is grappling with a deepening water crisis as dam levels continue to drop to concerning lows, just as the province experiences its busiest tourist season of the…
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Can rapid developing Drakenstein handle another water crisis?
PAARL – The Drakenstein area has emerged as one of the fastest-developing regions in the Western Cape, with new housing developments sprouting all around Paarl and thousands of people flocking…
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Western Cape dam levels continue rapid decline
Cape Town’s water situation is getting worse by the week, with dam levels dropping faster than they have all season. The city’s water supply system has fallen to just 76.6%…
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Western Cape unveils ambitious R1-trillion water security plan to prevent future “Day Zero” crisis
The Western Cape Government unveiled a comprehensive 10-year Water Resilience Strategy on Friday, aimed at preventing a repeat of Cape Town’s 2018 “Day Zero” drought crisis while supporting the province’s…
