Cape town drought
CoCT taps into 'world's largest aquifer' to boost water supply
This forms part of the city's water strategy to make the municipality more resilient to drought and other climate shocks.
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Plan in place to deal with future droughts, says City of Cape Town
The City of Cape Town's Michael Webster said that the drought was a wake-up call during which many lessons were learnt and a water strategy was developed.
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Dams feeding CT at 52.7% capacity
This time last year, residents were being constantly warned of so-called day zero, the day when the city's taps would run dry.
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R5.4bn to be spent on turning City of CT into water-sensitive city
Officials say the metro will rely on rain-fed dams for most of its water, as it is much cheaper than alternative supply sources.
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Drought, animal disease threatens South African farmers
Jaco Minnaar, chairman of Grain SA, an industry body that represents grain producers, said the reduced plantings could have devastating impact on the financial status of the farmers.
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CT dam levels dropping by 1% each week
Water consumption has increased by 46 million litres per day to 587 million litres per day but that's below the Level 3 usage limit of 650 million litres.
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Number of visitors to CT expected to increase
Cape Town Tourism says the industry is looking at about a 4% growth this year after it took a knock over the past year due to the drought in province.
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Invasive trees targeted by new SA anti-drought fund
An initial R53 million has been committed to the new Greater Cape Town Water Fund, which has been pioneered by global conservation organisation Nature Conservancy.
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CT dam levels decrease by 0.2%
The average water consumption for the past week increased from 546 million litres per day to 563 million litres per day.
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WC water levels increase to 64%
Dams feeding the City of Cape Town have reached 70% capacity.
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City of CT moves ahead to relax water restrictions
The municipality has on Monday announced level 6B water restrictions will be relaxed to level 5 from 1 October.
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[LISTEN] While CT's dam levels recover, taps run dry in other areas in SA
Pippa Hudson gets an update on the Western Cape drought from Deon Smit, Founder of South African Water Warriors.
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Warm & windy weather drastically slow down CT dam recovery
City of CT's Jean Marie De Waal says rainfall is difficult to predict and that Cape Town should carry forward its amazing water-saving efforts to build a buffer for the summer months ahead.
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Every drop counts: Cape Town's weekly water watch
Cape Town dam level readings from 30 July.
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[WATCH] Western Cape dam levels rise to above 30%
Heavy rainfall in the Western Cape over the past two weeks has lifted the average dam levels to above the 30% mark.
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Capetonians exploring clever ways to harvest & utilise rainwater
Many household owners say they now harvest rainwater for various purposes in and around the house.
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WC dam levels up, drought concerns far from over
Environmental Affairs MEC spokesperson, James Brent-Styan, says although dam levels are increasing, a lot more rain is needed before the end of the winter season.
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May rains an improvement, but CT still under drought conditions, says dept
A University of Cape Town climatologist, says that based on the current rainfall statistics, Cape Town can expect a normal year ahead.
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CT water consumption drops, still above target
Two weeks ago, consumption was 507 million litres per day compared to the previous week's 542 million litres per day.
