Best time to visit: Winter to spring, when the water is flowing strongly. One of Cape Town’s most iconic trails, Skeleton ...

Cape Town has been in the news a lot over the past year — but sadly, for all the wrong reasons. The city is battling an unprecedented water crisis, thanks to a rare drought that has resulted in ...

It’s called Day Zero — the day when dams drop below critical levels and Cape Town officials shut off water to most homes and businesses in South Africa’s second-largest city. The metropolitan region ...

residents of Cape Town and its surroundings began to brace for “Day Zero,” when the municipal water supply would be exhausted and the taps would run dry. That catastrophe was narrowly averted. But as ...

In 2018, Cape Town’s ‘Day Zero’ became the focus for South Africa’s water crisis, but while its circumstances were certainly unique, the causes of its water problems were not—high demand ...

Following concerns about worsening sewage pollution in Cape Town’s bay, officials assured the public that water quality near outfall zones meets global guidelines, despite some residents reporting ...