All Africa Cape Town — Cape Town has always been water insecure. The city has done some things well to prepare for a situation like this, but if the drought has shown us something, it is that you need to get everything right and have some luck on top to get out unscathed when the unexpected actually happens.
Many people may argue that the water crisis in Cape Town, South Africa is not the most pressing global issue in comparison to problems with North Korea and terrorism. Yet, water is absolutely necessary in order to survive. It is improbable, but possible, to survive a nuclear attack or a civil war. Without water, anyone would be dead in less… Read more »
All Africa The City of Cape Town’s water and sanitation department on Tuesday said it was attending to a leak on its bulk water main in Philippi. Department spokesperson Farouk Robertson said the leak had led to outages in the Southern Suburbs.