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 ...

Cape Town, a popular tourist destination, has been hit by its worst drought in a century. Ms De Lille warned that the city risked reaching "Day Zero" on 21 April, when taps in homes could run dry.

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 ...

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 ...

A nearly water empty dam on a farm in Piket Bo-berg, Piketberg, north of Cape Town, as a result of a three-year-long drought. Cape Town - The cut-off was narrowly averted as people scrambled to ...

Nick Sloane, a salvage professional who helped drag the stranded Costa Concordia cruise ship out of the Mediterranean, says his scheme could rescue Cape Town from its longstanding drought.