News24 | Charlotte Bauer | Diary of a Semigrant: Cape Town’s water crisis fuels flow of solidarity

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Parts of Cape Town were without water for 72 hours this week. (Manolo Guijarro/ Getty Images)

Charlotte Bauer delves into a story of survival and solidarity, where every drop of water counts and community springs become lifelines. 

No-one living in Cape Town in 2018 will easily forget Day Zero, however good their therapist.

That was the day the drought-stricken city’s reservoirs were predicted to run dry and the municipality would turn off the taps.

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