Daily Insider: Visiting SA’s Day Zero city – looking past apparently looming disaster
Alec Hogg is fulfilling a long-time commitment to visit the Eastern Cape, arriving last night in Gqeberha, which holds mixed memories.
Day Zero
Cyril’s ‘pie in the sky’ aspirations
SA needs a more ‘activist’ state, President Ramaphosa told a media briefing last week. A key idea here is the so called developmental state.
Cape Town models “Day Zero” partnership to avoid crises
The lessons Cape Town learnt and applied during its recent drought crisis are vital ones for the rest of the country as climate-extremes threaten the most vulnerable citizens – either suddenly or inexorably.
The drought ripple: Western Cape’s falling hotel room prices
Day Zero and the drought have seen the average cost of a hotel room fall 11 percent year-on-year – this against a national average increase of 0.6%.
Cape Town’s water crisis: Five key lessons other cities can learn
UCT lecturer Kevin Winter however looks at five key lessons other cities can learn from how the City of Cape Town managed the water crisis.
Cape Town faces earlier ‘day zero’ for drought-hit water supply – April 22
Cape Town has brought forward by one week to April 22 its estimate for “Day Zero,” when the drought-stricken South African city will cut off water supplies.