A liquidity crisis: Cape Town now faces 'Day Zero'
Residents collect water from a spring in the Newlands area of Cape Town, South Africa, on January 22, 2018. The city's water supply is dangerously close to running dry. PHOTO | NYT
It sounds like a Hollywood blockbuster. “Day Zero” is coming to Cape Town this April. Everyone, be warned.
The government cautions that the Day Zero threat will surpass anything a major city has faced since World War II or the September 11 attacks. Talks are underway with South Africa’s police because “normal policing will be entirely inadequate.” Residents, their nerves increasingly frayed, speak in whispers of impending chaos.
