The Western Cape Water Supply System recorded a combined storage level of 55.1% as of 24 February 2026. All six major dams showed week-on-week declines and levels significantly below those at the same ...

Premier Alan Winde warns that water security is a critical threat for the Western Cape, as the government accelerates dam ...

Total stored water is declining week on week and sits significantly below this time last year. Here is what the latest data means for your water supply.

The Western Cape government requested the disaster declaration two weeks ago, after several municipalities warned of looming ...

The latest dam level figures released by the City of Cape Town on Monday, 25 August, show that the Western Cape’s six major dams have reached a combined 91.8% of total capacity, thanks to sustained ...

South Africa’s growing water crisis has entered a critical phase, with national government formally declaring drought conditions across multiple provinces a national disaster, a move that opens the ...

Almost 10 years after Cape Town experienced a drought so severe it sparked fears of a Day Zero scenario in which residents’ taps would run dry, the City of Cape Town is again sounding the alarm over ...

Cape Town’s water future is ‘a four out of 10’, says the City’s Zahid Badroodien, as dam levels sit at 60%. Restrictions may come before November if rainfall falls short.

Late summer is doing what it always does to Cape Town’s water reserves, with dam levels quietly slipping lower while ...

As of Tuesday, the six major dams together held 512,161 megalitres out of a possible 898,221, which is the 57% figure, notes The Citizen. It’s slightly down from Monday’s 57.2% and 513,711 megalitres, ...

With dam levels plummeting in the Western Cape, the Matzikama municipality is set to receive crucial funding to secure its ...