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Matthew Wingfield, Postdoctoral fellow, Stellenbosch University

Cape Town's 'Day Zero' threat concentrated minds: an activist group used the moment to secure environmental victories

A tractor ploughs a field in the Philippi Horticultural Area in Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by Nardus Engelbrecht/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Major cities across the world are being increasingly plagued by severe water shortages. From Bangalore, India to São Paulo, Brazil and even Beijing, China, cities are at risk of drought in the near future.

This has been true in South Africa too. Between 2016 and 2018 Cape Town experienced the real possibility of “Day Zero”, the day when the taps would run dry.

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