Tag: day zero
Western Cape water plan tackles drought risks
By Larry Claasen
THE Digicon held by Western Cape Premier Alan Winde in March highlighted the province’s efforts to become more water resilient and mitigate...
Gauteng Province Leaking City Infrastructure is a National Risk
By SA Water Chamber’s CEO, Benoît Le Roy
The threat of Day Zero in Gauteng has dominated headlines for several months as escalating water outages...
Cape Town’s water: heading in the wrong direction
By Dr Kevin Winter, a researcher at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Future Water Institute.
CAPETONIANS must heed the warning of Day Zero in...
Day Zero could come again for Cape Town
Capetonians rejoiced when the dams supplying the Cape Town metro reached full capacity this year. Many will remember the tough days of severe water restrictions, in...
Fewer tourists visiting SA, #DayZero had negative impact
A new report shows that fewer international tourists are visiting South Africa - compared to other popular destinations on the continent.
The findings, by auditing...
Will Day Zero Rain On Cape Town’s Parade Again?
Cape Town's drought has broken, and the city appears safe from Day Zero through 2019. But we are very far from being out of...
Death of Day Zero
“We are delighted to welcome the death of the whole Day Zero concept,” said Ms Janine Myburgh, President of the Cape Chamber of Commerce...
Green shoots are appearing
The arrival of some early winter rains, the abolition of ‘Day Zero’ and the gradually improving economic climate – thanks to positive political changes...
Why April rainfall is key to stave off Cape Town’s Day Zero
In three weeks’ time experts will be able to say with some certainty whether Cape Town is likely to get enough rain this year...
Cape Town ‘Day Zero’ pushed back to 2019 as dams fill up in South...
Drought-stricken Cape Town has pushed back its estimate for “Day Zero,” when taps in the city run dry and people start queuing for water,...
MUST READ
City delivering real change
Behind every budget line, every policy, and every project there are real people, real challenges, and a shared future we are shaping. In a...