CAPE TOWN, South Africa — It sounds like a Hollywood blockbuster. “Day Zero” is coming to Cape Town this April. Everyone, be warned. The government cautions that the Day Zero threat will surpass ...
Cape Town is in the grip of a catastrophic three-year-long drought as winter rains have repeatedly failed causing dam levels to drop to dangerously low levels. South Africa's second city is now facing ...
In 2018, Cape Town came dangerously close to becoming the first major city in the world to run out of water—a moment ominously dubbed "Day Zero." For weeks, residents lined up at distribution points, ...
The Cape Water Performance-Based Bond is more than a financing tool, it's an outcomes‑linked transaction mobilizing capital markets in support of nature‑based solutions.
The day that taps in drought-hit Cape Town are forecast to run dry has been pushed back another month to July 9, authorities in the South African city announced on Tuesday. “Day Zero” has been ...
The latest official dam level stats for the Western Cape show that cumulatively the six major dams in the province are well above 70% of capacity. The six major dams in the Western Cape – the Berg ...