South Africa has declared the drought which has seen Cape Town hurtling towards "Day Zero" a national disaster. The government made the announcement after reassessing the "magnitude and severity ...

Amid a drought, the city had set a 50-litre daily ... politicians and environmentalists warn that the water crisis is there to stay in Cape Town, as year-on-year rainfall levels dwindle.

Cape Town has been in the news a lot over the past year — but sadly, for all the wrong reasons. The city is battling an unprecedented water crisis, thanks to a rare drought that has resulted in ...

For the first time since August 2022, parts of Massachusetts have reached the most urgent drought level — extreme drought — ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region's ...

It’s important for the city of Cape Town to inspire residential trust in water restrictions. Without this, the harsh effects of the drought will be exacerbated. Desalination has been proposed as ...

But, the City of Cape Town’s mayoral committee member for water and sanitation, Councillor Ziahid Badroodien said it had always had a water tariff before the drought, but, the fixed basic charge ...

A savvy social media campaign is a good start, but Cape Town’s tourism industry has a long road ahead to undo the damage from the worst drought in a century. That’s the message Cape Town’s ...

Johannesburg and Pretoria need to follow Cape Town’s lead and actively cut their water use. In Eastern Cape, a crippling drought coupled with inadequate contingency plans left thousands without ...