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CT drought: Cold front will make 'very little difference'
The Western Cape is currently experiencing its worse drought in more than a decade.
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City of CT gears up for rainy weather with winter readiness plans
As part of its winter readiness plan, officials will focus on informal settlements and houses built on and around mountain slopes or in areas prone to flooding.
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Chamber of Commerce: CT residents will pay price for lack of drought preparation
Mayor Patricia de Lille on Wednesday tabled a R49.1 billion budget for the 2018/19 financial year. Among several tariff increases is a 26.9% hike in water and sanitation rates.
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Cape Town's drought is causing economy to dry up too
Moody’s said in a report that one of the most direct impacts would be on Cape Town’s operating revenues as 10% of them are from water charges.
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DA's Maimane urges Capetonians to keep water consumption low
The municipality had warned the city needed to beat the 450 million litre daily target to avoid Day Zero.
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[OPINION] Nudging the city and residents of Cape Town to save water
The city has done a great deal of work to manage water use, even winning multiple awards, although equity concerns have frequently been raised in relation to these efforts.
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Minister Nkwinti to be urgently briefed on state of Water Dept
Both committees agreed yesterday that a full inquiry should be launched into maladministration and alleged corruption in the department as well as the laying of criminal charges.
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Drought-hit Cape Town dreads day zero
On Tuesday, the city of four million moved its estimate for 'day zero' to 9 July from 4 June due to a decline in water usage, and a water donation from the Groenland farmers association.
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[ANALYSIS] How Cape Town’s water crisis could make people sick
When day zero arrives in Cape Town, the routine surveillance systems that monitor disease outbreaks will be enhanced to pick up new diseases.
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AgriSA concerned by spread of armyworm
AgriSA's Janse Rabie says they are concerned, because the spread of the fast breeding invasive worm, will have devastating effects on South Africa's maize harvest.
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[ANALYSIS] Cape Town should serve as wake-up call for managing water in SA
The poor management of South Africa's water is affecting the entire country.
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Those dam(n) levels... Inside the Cape water crisis
Factfile on water storage levels in the major dams supplying Cape Town, which faces a water crisis due to drought.
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Mass info sessions underway in Cape Town as Day Zero approaches
The City met with neighbourhood watch groups on Saturday to brief them on the plan and to appeal for volunteers come Day Zero.
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Cold front approaching WC likely to be short-lived, says forecaster
Forecasters predict an 80% chance of rain over the Cape metro, Overberg and the Cape Winelands regions.
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City of CT hopes water tariff hike leads to much lower consumption
Just over R179 is what households that use more than 6 kilolitres of water a month will have to fork out while those using up to 50 kilolitres will be paying more than R20,000 month.
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Western Cape store fined for selling municipal water illegally
EWN joined queues of people in the small store where purified tap water is refilled for R1 a litre and 5-litre bottles are sold for R15.
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CT event and film industry urged to save water
The local economy gets a R3 billion injection and 20,000 temporary jobs via eight key events held in the city annually.
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Organisations urge Gauteng residents to continue donating water for parched CT
The Water and Sanitation Department believes it’s too early to start sending water to the Western Cape and remains confident Day Zero can and will be avoided.
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Water Dept warns Gauteng residents against sending bottled water to CT
The Water and Sanitation department’s Sputnik Ratau says Gauteng residents must be careful not to create their own water crisis.
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Water crisis: City of CT to ensure economy stays afloat
There are a number of measures in the pipeline to try and prevent Cape Town from running out of water.
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CT water crisis excepted to top agenda of Cabinet meeting
Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa last week told CNN he intends helping to deal with the crisis.
