Sparkling pools, empty taps: Cape Town’s stark water divide

Cape Town (AFP) March 15, 2022

On Cape Town’s beaches, swimmers shower off sand from their feet. Irrigation pipes water the region’s famed vineyards. And Shadrack Mogress fumes as he fills a barrel with water so he can flush his toilet.

It’s been four years since South Africa’s tourist capital nearly ran dry, during a drought that left the city limping towards a “Day Zero” when all the pipes would empty.

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