The study shows that Earth’s climate has dramatically shifted before, triggering drought patterns like those seen in Cape ...

The dam level stats for the Western Cape show that the six major dams in the province are back above 70% of capacity.

Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award has been awarded to Jodi Windvogel for her documentary photography work in South Africa ...

The dam level stats for the Western Cape show that the six major dams in the province are back above 70% of capacity.

Authorities say the death toll from severe floods that inundated parts of South Africa’s rural Eastern Cape province two ...

Nelson Mandela not only put his reputation on the line but spent significant political capital actively supporting the ...

In March 2018, the City of Cape Town began counting down to “Day Zero” when municipal water services would be shut. PREMIUM In February 2018, people queuing up to collect water from a spring ...

In 2018, Cape Town in South Africa narrowly avoided reaching Day Zero after a one-in-400-year drought drove the city into a severe water crisis.

As reservoirs go dry, Mexico City and Bogotá are staring down ‘Day Zero’ Cape Town, which beat a water crisis in 2018, holds lessons for cities grappling with an El Niño-fueled drought.

For instance, during the height of the Day Zero drought in Cape Town, dams were as low as 13%; in November 2022 the Nqweba Dam in Graaff-Reinet was at 4.98%, largely as a result of evaporation.

The wider Eastern Cape region of South Africa suffered a severe multi-year drought between 2015 and 2020, which devastated the local economy, particularly its agricultural sector. It had just a ...