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Capetonian develops App to help water crisis
As preparations for Day Zero continue, a Mitchell’s Plain resident has developed an application which will provide accurate information related to the water crisis.
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Water crisis threatens not only the Cape, but the entire SA economy
Cape Town’s water crisis is likely to have far reaching consequences, not only on the local economy, but on the national GDP. The water...
‘Tap water is making us sick’
People on the Cape Flats are worried that tap water is causing gastro and diarrhoea.
The Daily Voice received complaints from concerned people...
This is what will happen when Cape Town hits day zero
Premier of the Western Cape, Helen Zille, said that her focus has now shifted from preventing Cape Town from running out of water, to overseeing...
Only 13 out of 35 Cape Town public pools open
Cape Town is experiencing some scorching days in the midst of the drought.
In previous summers, Capetonians could cool down in one of the numerous...
Get ready to pay extra ‘drought charge’
Households will soon be paying between R45 and R60 extra every month as part of a drought levy, if mayor Patricia de Lille has...
#WaterCrisis: Cape Town in for a long, dry summer
The springs on Table Mountain yield too little water, and the cost of treating this to drinking standards does not justify the expense.
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Cape Town Day Zero has moved to May 2018
The residents of Cape Town heeded the call to reduce their water consumption and Day Zero has moved to 13 May 2018. Here is...
SA may face a R97 billion debt crisis this week
South Africa will come face-to-face with the risk of a R97.9 billion debt sellout this week, as it braces itself for two concurrent credit...
Could towing an iceberg to Cape Town help solve future water problems?
Every time South Africa suffers a serious drought, it doesn’t take long for someone to suggest that an iceberg should be towed from Antarctica...
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